Centre for Policy on Ageing



Changing work — mid-to-late life transitions in employment
Author(s)	Lynda Owen, Matt Flynn
Journal title	Ageing International, vol 29, no 4, Fall 2004
Pages	pp 333-350
Keywords	Employment of older people ; Adjustment ; Attitude ; Retirement ; Social surveys.
Annotation	The Centre for Research into the Older Workforce (CROW) conducted a survey of 3,200 people (aged 50-69) asking about their recent job transitions. The experience of job transition in mid-to-late working life is discussed as a precursor to retirement and working beyond normal retirement ages. Three types of older worker were identified in this survey and dubbed "choosers", "survivors" and "jugglers". Each of these had a different reason for making a job change and consequently different reasons for considering working after retirement. Flexible working is an attractive and popular option for "bridge" jobs and for planning into retirement, but current British government policy is focused on equality and diversity and anti-age discrimination in employment practices. Little is being done to encourage more diverse forms of employment opportunities for older workers who either need or want to downshift before leaving work completely. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050715203 A
Classmark	GC: DR: DP: G3: 3F
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