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Metaphors for Retirement: Unshackled from Schedules
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Sargent, Leisa D.; Bataille, Christine D.; Vough, Heather C.; Lee, Mary Dean – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2011
This study uses metaphor analysis to examine the meanings of retirement for a group of 35 retired Canadian executives and managers. Our analysis identified eight metaphors relating to the meanings of retirement. The findings provide us with a range of insights into the experience of retirement, from loss of purpose and identity to liberation from…
Descriptors: Retirement, Figurative Language, Individual Development, Age Groups
The Role of Future Time Perspective in Psychological Contracts: A Study among Older Workers
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Bal, P. Matthijs; Jansen, Paul G. W.; van der Velde, Mandy E. G.; de Lange, Annet H.; Rousseau, Denise M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2010
Using a sample of post-retirement workers (N = 176), this study investigated the role of future time perspective (FTP) in psychological contracts. The study aimed to test: (i) whether future time perspective is related to employer psychological contract fulfillment and (ii) whether it moderates relations between psychological contract fulfillment…
Descriptors: Time Perspective, Psychology, Older Workers, Sample Size