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Peer reviewedDorfman, Lorraine T. – Educational Gerontology, 1992
Interviews with 104 university professors just before and a year after retirement showed that health; rated importance of teaching, research, and consulting roles; and leisure activities related to satisfaction before and after retirement. The most consistent predictor of satisfaction before retirement was self-perceived health and after…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Health, Job Satisfaction, Leisure Time
Peer reviewedDorfman, Lorraine T.; Heckert, D. Alex – Family Relations, 1988
Interviewed 149 retired rural couples to examine conjugal role organization. Found that subjects showed a traditional, gender-differentiated division of household tasks, but that household role segregation decreased significantly after retirement; spouses made majority of decisions jointly; and spouses participated in large number of joint leisure…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Housework, Leisure Time, Older Adults
Dorfman, Lorraine T. – 1997
Based on responses to a questionnaire and interviews with 327 faculty from research universities, liberal arts colleges, a comprehensive university, British universities, and a longitudinal study concerning the transition to retirement, this study examines academic retirement experiences. An introductory chapter gives background information on the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Employment Patterns, Expectation, Faculty Mobility
