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"At this point now" — older workers' reflections on their current employment experiences
Author(s)	Anne E Noonan
Journal title	International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 61, no 3, 2005
Pages	pp 211-242
Source	http://baywood.com
Keywords	Employment of older people ; Attitude ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America.
Annotation	The current employment situations of a sample of 37 older workers is examined in this qualitative study, which uses thematic content analysis to reveal a wide range of their concerns and experiences, having been actively involved in all the traditional stages of work-life development. Findings suggest a deepened or more nuanced view of the principal meanings of work - particularly identity and social interaction - and highlights several negative aspects of later-life employment such as pension insecurity, unemployment, age discrimination, not having found one's "notice", and chronic interpersonal difficulties with co-workers. Findings are discussed against the backdrop of a rapidly changing workplace and dramatically shifting work-retirement trajectories in which job suitability and predictable retirement are less common. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-051118204 A
Classmark	GC: DP: 3DP: 7T
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