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Download full textCusack, Sandra A.; And Others – 1992
This paper challenges the dominant view of leadership, the organizational-effectiveness approach, and proposes a different concept of leadership in the context of retirement. A premise is that the organizational-effectiveness approach is inadequate to the task of retirement organizations and may inhibit senior participation. Following an…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Foreign Countries, Leadership, Leadership Styles
Keating, Norah C.; Cole, Priscilla – 1979
Retirement is a life cycle phase most couples can now expect to experience. Research on retirement has been directed primarily toward the impact of retirement on the retiree, rather than on the marital dyad. Qualitative and quantitative changes that women experience were investigated, with regards to their role as wife in response to their…
Descriptors: Family Role, Foreign Countries, Gerontology, Homemakers
Neault, Roberta A.; Neault, Gerald F. – 2003
Few individuals have given careful thought to what their lives might be like after they retire. Although some may have considered the financial implications of living on a fixed or limited income, most have not considered the social and emotional impact of leaving work. Career practitioners can play an important role in facilitating the transition…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Counseling, Counselor Role, Emotional Response
Smyth, E. Sharron; Holder, Mary – 1981
This paper describes a retirement planning program designed by four educational institutions in Calgary, Alberta and presents the program workshops that offered participants the basics of finance, health, and lifestyle, along with living arrangements, relationship changes, the aging process, community resources, and consumer affairs. Teaching…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Attitude Change, Coping, Foreign Countries
Keating, Norah; Marshall, Judith – 1979
The timing and nature of the process of retirement for self-employed individuals were investigated. Subjects were 25 farm couples and 24 non-farm couples, all residing in rural Alberta, Canada. Both groups were matched on age, income, and education. Findings support the existence of a retirement process with a developmental sequence beginning at…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Stages, Foreign Countries
Houseman, Susan, Ed.; Nakamura, Alice, Ed. – 2001
This is the second of two volumes of selected papers presented at the 1996 conference "Changes in Working Hours in Canada and the United States." Eleven chapters explore an expanded set of working-time issues, which may be loosely grouped under these two topics: working time over the life cycle and nonstandard work arrangements.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Comparative Analysis
