Work and Retirement in Old Age: Normative Paths and Individual Agency
Year: 2018
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: The globalized and increasingly volatile world economy has destabilized normative career paths spanning adulthood and early old age. To be successful, individuals need to take more initiative in shaping their own careers and to respond to challenges associated with aging-related constraints in work demands and job conditions. Research presented in this symposium addresses the regulatory strategies used by middle-aged and older adults to optimize or retire from their work life, and what the developmental outcomes of these strategies are. Fasbender, Wang, Wöhrmann, and Klehe studied older workers’ career adaptability and personal growth as a function of occupational future time perspective and aging experience. Thrasher, Rudolph, Baltes, and Demsky investigated individual profiles of selection, optimization, and compensation in older workers. Hamm, Heckhausen, Shane, and Lachman examine whether continued employment versus retirement protects against cognitive declines in middle-aged and older adults, depending on goal disengagement and sex. Finally, Shane, Hamm, and Heckhausen address engagement in the work domain as it relates to chronological and subjective age, and both past developments and future expectations about one’s work. After attending this session, participants will be able to define concepts associated with agency and control in work and retirement contexts. Participants will also learn about the implications of agency and control for adaptation and well-being in older adulthood.
Source: Innovation in Aging
Authors: J Heckhausen, J Hamm
Institution: University of California, Irvine
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,977
OpenAlex ID: W2900370608