... and forms a “wake-up call” for decision makers at national level. Thus, the premise underlying our discussion of DRA is that developed countries existing pension arrangements are unaffordable in the long term, in particular in Europe. While some countries started changes and gradual reforms such as mildly...

...Orla Gough; Sepideh Arkani Purpose Changes in employment contracts and the provision of occupational pension schemes together with the Employment Equality (Age) regulations are likely to impact on the psychological contract between employers and employees. This paper aims to investigate...

...Nada K. Kakabadse; Andrew Kakabadse Purpose This paper seeks to report original research examining how effectively board members of occupational pension trusts administer pension plan assets on behalf of their respective members. The concept of the concerned lay board member (the “prudent person...

...Colin Hales; Orla Gough Having discussed the growth and current status of company occupational pensions and the claimed role of pension provision in fostering employee loyalty to an organisation, this paper reports the findings of a research study that investigated employees’ perceptions...

...Colin Duncan; Wendy Loretto; Phil White Despite major changes in the UK pensions scene, including policy initiatives by successive governments, very little is known about people’s attitudes towards many pensions related issues. Reports the results of a survey of undergraduates, born...

... to affect the quality of life in retirement. Considers of the ways in which each of these factors affect different groups of workers and the possibility that retirement schemes can be targeted to be differentially attractive to different groups. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Decision making Pensions...