Open AccessRedirection: An Extension of Career During Retirement
Author(s) -
Suzanne L. Cook
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnt105
Subject(s) - workforce , career development , psychology , meaning (existential) , adult development , gerontology , extension (predicate logic) , volunteer , social psychology , medicine , economic growth , computer science , agronomy , economics , psychotherapist , biology , programming language
This study explores (a) whether retirees' formal volunteer experiences represent an extension of their career in the paid workforce; and (b) how this integration of life roles affects career self-concept, as interpreted through Donald Super's life-span, life-space theory of career development.
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