Managing the Transition to Retirement : From Meaningful Work to Meaning in Life at Retirement

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serval:BIB_4007B13A98EA
Type
Partie de livre
Sous-type
Chapitre: chapitre ou section
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Managing the Transition to Retirement : From Meaningful Work to Meaning in Life at Retirement
Titre du livre
Handbook of Research on Sustainable Careers
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Froidevaux A., Hirschi A.
Editeur
Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN
9781782547037 (Online)
9781782547020 (Print)
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
06/2015
Editeur⸱rice scientifique
De Vos A., Van der Heijden B.
Numéro de chapitre
23
Pages
350-363
Langue
anglais
Résumé
The aim of this chapter is to provide an understanding of retirement adjustment by specifically focusing on meaning in life for retirees and meaningful work for older workers who are close to retirement. After a first outline of global issues of aging and work, we approach transition to retirement from the standpoint of sustainable careers within its main dimensions of continuity and importance of personal agency. Next, we review and synthesize literature on meaningful work and meaning in life, distinguishing three levels that constitute meaningful work and five dimensions of meaning in life. To illustrate our points, we present quotations from semi-structured interviews realized with Swiss older workers who were going to retire within a few months. Then, we describe ways to promote meaningful work for older workers and how to create a new meaning or to pursue a previous meaning as a retiree. Finally, we suggest ways individuals, organizations, and career counselors can facilitate a meaningful transition to retirement.
Mots-clé
ustainable careers, meaningful work, older workers, transition to retirement, meaning in life
Open Access
Oui
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