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| Factors that influence attitudes toward retirement | | Author(s) | Elizabeth J Mutran, Donald C Reitzes, Maria E Fernandez |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 19, no 3, September 1997 |
| Pages | pp 251-273 |
| Keywords | Employees ; Attitudes to retirement ; Pensions ; Preparation [retirement] ; Self esteem ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study explores the attitudes to retirement of a group of older workers aged 58 to 64 in an urban area of the United States. Workers who retired by 1994 were more positive about retirement than those who continued to work. Attitudes to retirement in 1992 were influenced by social background, expectations of a pension, having an anticipated time for retirement, worker identity, and self-concept factors. Attitudes to retirement in 1994 were bolstered by expectations of a pension at retirement, participation in retirement planning activities, previous attitudes to retirement, and self-esteem. Further, the pension expectations, retirement planning, earlier retirement attitudes, and identity as a confident worker increased, and depression decreased attitudes toward retirement for retirees, while retirement planning, earlier retirement attitudes, and self-esteem improved attitudes to retirement for those who continued to work. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971113215 A |
| Classmark | WK: G7:DP: JJ: GA: DPA: 7T |
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