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Role Exit or Transition? Continuity and Change for Retired Faculty at a Liberal Arts Midwestern University
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Chaichian, Mohammad A. – Educational Gerontology, 2021
Using the "theory of continuity," and based on quantitative and qualitative data collected from an online survey and one-on-one interviews from a nonrandom sample of retired faculty, this exploratory study examines guiding considerations for transition to retirement at a mid-sized University in the Midwest. Abolition of mandatory…
Descriptors: Teacher Retirement, Older Workers, College Faculty, Private Colleges
Using Proactivity, Time Discounting, and the Theory of Planned Behavior to Identify Predictors of Retirement Planning
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Griffin, Barbara; Loe, David; Hesketh, Beryl – Educational Gerontology, 2012
This study developed and tested a model to identify the predictors of retirement planning based on an extension of the theory of planned behavior ([TPB], Ajzen, 1991) that included individual differences in proactivity and time discounting. The results showed that personal attitudes, sense of control, social influence, and stable traits have a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Retirement, Planning, Models
Horizons, Not Boundaries, Are the Language of Retirement: Sense of Fulfillment, Fears, and Life Trajectories of Faculty Extendees in the Philippines
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de Guzman, Allan B.; Llantino, Monica Lou S.; See, Viva Celina L.; Villanueva, Ria Faye P.; Jung, Yoomi – Educational Gerontology, 2008
This qualitative study probed into (a) the sense of fulfillment, (b) fears and anxieties, and (c) life trajectories of aged working professors recruited from one comprehensive university in the Philippines. Interestingly, findings of the study reveal that respondents were fulfilled and felt successful through the life outputs of their students;…
Descriptors: Religious Organizations, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Work Ethic
Stayers and Leavers: Professors in an Era of No Mandatory Retirement.
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Dorfman, Lorraine T. – Educational Gerontology, 2002
Survey responses from 17 of 18 employed and 54 of 65 retired college professors aged 70-74 showed that the employed were less likely to be married and have children/grandchildren and more strongly oriented to their professional role. Retirees wanted to pursue other interests or had workplace concerns. Both groups had high life satisfaction.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Life Satisfaction, Older Workers
Addressing Needs of Employers, Older Workers, and Retirees: An Educational Approach
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Segrist, Kathleen A.; Tell, Brian; Byrd, Vicki; Perkins, Susie – Educational Gerontology, 2007
The Retirement Research Foundation of Chicago supported a collaborative to collect demographic data about working and aging, conduct a survey of older job seekers, and interview businesses in the region to assess their awareness and attitudes about mature workers. The 2005 project was titled the 60 + Success Project. A regional task force oversaw…
Descriptors: Maturity (Individuals), Labor Force, Job Applicants, Nonprofit Organizations