...Amberyce Ang; Cynthia Chen; Kalyani Mehta Purpose The practice of mandatory retirement age implies that some retirees may be forced to retire or are compelled to continue working. Retirement would then be determined by age and not by their personal choices. Against this backdrop, this study aims...

...Eunkyung Kim Purpose This paper aims to explore how heads in South Korean workplace perceive the retirement preparation of older Korean workers and their roles in accordance with life design perspective. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative in-person interviews were conducted with top...

...Diogo Henrique Helal; Cleverson Vasconcelos da Nóbrega; Tatiana Aguiar Porfírio de Lima Purpose This paper aims to reflect on retirement, showing its different viewpoints, advocating the need to understand the issue from a procedural and multidimensional perspective, and especially, defending...

... reviews their family, kinship and living arrangements, working life, patterns of retirement, wealth, health and technological proficiency as these attributes are important determinants of how this cohort may be living in later life. In the accompanying paper, we use this background to predict the baby...

... and objectives of “The Age of No Retirement” movement for social change since its inception on 1st October 2014. Findings – The spectacular demand for new thinking and design-led action across all sectors of society to break down the ageist stereotypes that are impeding age-neutral societal progress...

...Sheila J. Gewolb Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how older workers and people who have already retired speak about ageing and change and their experience of retirement. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative study is described in which focus groups with older...

... at: malcolm.small@tisa.uk.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Older Age Retirement Entrepreneur Working lives Pensions Elderly people Entrepreneurialism In 1948, when the Basic State Pension as we have it today was first introduced, average male life expectancy was just 66...