... of revising the retirement age of academician in higher education sector even higher. Age seems to be an advantage to this group of employees. Originality/value – This study is unique and significant because it focuses on important sector, i.e. higher education. It would reduce the knowledge gap...

...Wendy Loretto; David Lain; Sarah Vickerstaff; Sophie Hennekam; Olivier Herrbach Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of perceived human resource management (HRM) practices on affective organizational commitment, job performance and preference for early retirement. Design...

...Wendy Loretto; David Lain; Sarah Vickerstaff; Eleanor Davies; Andrew Jenkins Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the significance of the work‐to‐retirement transition for academic staff from a life course perspective and the manner in which individuals have managed the transition...

...Eleanor Davies; Susan Cartwright Purpose This research aims to look at preferences for retirement, in particular, later retirement, amongst a sample of older employees in the UK in the financial services industry. It seeks to investigate specifically the influence of personal, psychological...

..., with a relative shortage of younger entrants. One issue for government is what further steps they could initiate to persuade more people to remain in the labour force beyond the currently median retiring age of around 55 years. Employers will need to consider the degree to which they are prepared to reverse...

...Malcolm Sargeant This article considers the issues raised by the proposed abolition of the mandatory retirement age as a result of the Equal Treatment Directive, 2000/78/EC, and of proposed Age Discrimination in Employment Regulations. It argues that there are a number of distinctive retirement...

...Vivien K.G. Lim This study examined the attitudes of older workers towards work and retirement, retirement planning and their willingness to continue working after retirement and to undergo retraining. Data were collected via questionnaire surveys. Respondents consisted of 204 individuals aged 40...

...Rafael Gomez; Morley Gunderson; Andrew Luchak Issues associated with retirement in general, and phased transitions into retirement in particular, are taking on increased importance for a variety of reasons. Outlines those reasons, paying particular attention to the practice of mandatory retirement...

... with the security they value. © MCB UP Limited 1999 For many employees, state pensions provide the only relatively predictable components of their future expected retirement income. With the exception of those able to join their employer’s defined benefit occupational pension scheme, employees have...

...Doug Counsell Retirement is a relatively new phenomenon. An increasing number of employees are being encouraged to retire early due to social and economic factors. The findings of a survey of 52 organisations (17 public sector, 35 private sector) with either head office or divisional bases...

...John White; Paul Blyton The potential of flexible retirement will not be realised until the fear of substantial income loss is allayed. At present, for people looking at flexible retirement options, the occupational pension is not the vehicle to use, as the SFO (Superannuation Funds Office) does...