Pathways to retirement: A career stage analysis of retirement age expectations

Human Relations

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-112

  Post, Corinne ^a   Schneer, Joy A ^b   Reitman, Frieda ^c   ogilvie, Dt ^d  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

career management; career stage; expected retirement age; late career; mid career; retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872303578     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726712465657     Document Type: Article

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