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Direct linkGriffin, Barbara; Hesketh, Beryl; Loh, Vanessa – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
This study examines the construct of subjective life expectancy (SLE), or the estimation of one's probable age of death. Drawing on the tenets of socioemotional selectivity theory (Carstensen, Isaacowitz, & Charles, 1999), we propose that SLE provides individuals with their own unique mental model of remaining time that is likely to affect their…
Descriptors: Retirement, Planning, Decision Making, Expectation
