Time for my life now: Early Boomer Women's anticipation of volunteering in retirement

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 245-254

  Seaman, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baby Boomer; Gender roles; Hermeneutic phenomenology; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETIREMENT; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEW BRUNSWICK; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 84858386562     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns001     Document Type: Article

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