Author:
Anne Taylor Mary,Goldberg Caren,Shore Lynn M.,Lipka Phillip
Abstract
PurposeThe aim is to examine the shifting effects of retirement expectations and social support on adjustment three and half and ten months post‐retirement.Design/methodology/approachFor the purpose of this study, the authors used a survey methodology. Expectations regarding retirement and social support were used to predict three facets of satisfaction post‐retirement; life satisfaction, retirement satisfaction, and social satisfaction.FindingsResults suggested that expectations consistently and significantly predicted satisfaction early and later in retirement. Social support was only a significant antecedent of retirement satisfaction at time 2, and had a non‐significant relationship to social and life satisfaction in retirement.Practical implicationsResults support the view that retirement expectations have a strong influence on retirement, life, and social satisfaction in the first year of an individual's retirement.Originality/valueThe paper's findings imply that interventions designed to create realistic expectations of the retirement experience may have a positive impact on adjustment.
Subject
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management,Management Science and Operations Research,Applied Psychology,Social Psychology
Reference52 articles.
1. Antonucci, T.C. (1990), “Social support and social relationships”, Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Academic Press, San Diego, CA, pp. 205‐26.
2. Austrom, M.G., Perkins, A.J., Damush, T.M. and Hendrie, H.C. (2003), “Predictors of life satisfaction in retiree physicians and spouses”, Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, Vol. 38 No. 3, pp. 134‐41.
3. Barrera, M., Sandler, I. and Ramsay, T. (1981), “Preliminary development of a scale of social support: studies on college students”, American Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 9 No. 4, pp. 435‐47.
4. Beck, S.H. (1982), “Adjustment to and satisfaction with retirement”, Journal of Gerontology, Vol. 37 No. 5, pp. 616‐24.
5. Beehr, T.A. (1986), “The process of retirement: a review and recommendations for future investigation”, Personnel Psychology, Vol. 39 No. 1, pp. 31‐55.
Cited by
46 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献