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Boulton-Lewis, Gillian M.; Buys, Laurie – World Journal of Education, 2014
This is an interpretive-descriptive analysis of responses to 41 open ended questionnaires returned by academics working beyond normal retirement age. The sample consisted mainly of academics from the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. The research addressed the question of what motivates some academics to continue working beyond the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Motivation, Questionnaires, Older Adults
McVeigh, Frank J. – Canadian Counsellor, 1980
Examines retirement as a complex social process in Canada and the United States, focusing on social forces and trends leading society away from mandatory retirement and toward more flexible retirement. Functions that counselors can perform in preparing people for realities of retirement are suggested. Policy implications for Canada are indicated.…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Cross Cultural Studies, Flexible Working Hours, Foreign Countries
Habib, Jack, Ed.; Nusberg, Charlotte, Ed. – 1990
This volume contains 19 papers that were presented at a conference addressing critical issues related to employment options for older persons. They are arranged in four sections that cover early retirement policies and their implications; older workers of Asia and the Pacific; the impact of technological change on the employment prospects of older…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Early Retirement, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Opportunities