Working In Retirement: The Antecedents Of Bridge Employment And Its Consequences For Quality Of Life In Retirement

Working In Retirement: The Antecedents Of Bridge Employment And Its Consequences For Quality Of Life In Retirement

A continuity theory of aging is used to examine bridge employment. Excellent health, organizational tenure, and having working spouses and dependent children were positively associated with accepting bridge employment, and age and salary were inversely related to accepting such employment. Bridge em...

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Veröffentlicht in:Academy of Management journal 2000-12, Vol.43 (6), p.1195-1210
Hauptverfasser: Kim, Seongsu, Feldman, Daniel C
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adjustment
Age
Aging
Careers
Employment
Hypotheses
Job satisfaction
Labor market
Leisure
Life cycles
Old age
Older people
Older workers
Participation
Quality of life
Regression analysis
Retirees
Retirement
Social research
Studies
Theories of aging
Volunteers
Workforce
Workloads
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Zusammenfassung:A continuity theory of aging is used to examine bridge employment. Excellent health, organizational tenure, and having working spouses and dependent children were positively associated with accepting bridge employment, and age and salary were inversely related to accepting such employment. Bridge employment was strongly related to both retirement satisfaction and overall life satisfaction. Volunteer work and leisure activity complemented bridge employment in facilitating adjustment to retirement.
ISSN:0001-4273
0000-1427
1948-0989
DOI:10.5465/1556345