Title: The Oxford handbook of retirement /
Authors: Wang, Mo.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Retirement; Retirement Planning; Retirement income.; Retirement United States.
Abstract: This handbook reviews existing theoretical perspectives and research findings on retirement, explores current and future challenges in retirement research and practice, and provides corresponding recommendations and suggestions.
Contents: PART ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- 1. Retirement: An Introduction and Overview of the Handbook -- Mo Wang -- 2. The Evolving History of Retirement within the United States -- Michael J. Zickar -- 3. The Demography of Aging and Retirement -- Felicia Wheaton and Eileen M. Crimmins -- 4. Variations on a Retirement Theme: Conceptual and Operational Definitions of Retirement -- Terry A. Beehr and Nathan A. Bowling -- PART TWO: RETIREMENT PROCESS THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES -- 5. The Life Course Perspective on Life in the Post-Retirement Period -- Paul Wink and Jacquelyn Boone James -- 6. Continuity Theory and Retirement -- Monika E. von Bonsdorff and Juhani Ilmarinen -- 7. The Theory of Selection, Optimization and Compensation -- Boris B. Baltes and Cort W. Rudolph -- 8. Protean Career Model and Retirement -- Najung Kim and Douglas T. Hall -- 9. Retirement and Human Resources Management: A Strategic Approach -- Barbara L. Rau and Gary A. Adams -- 10. Economic Theories of Retirement -- John Laitner and Aanda Sonnega -- 11. A Multilevel Perspective for Retirement Research -- Maximiliane E. Szinovacz