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Retirement policies for the 21st century
Author(s) -
Rosen Benson,
Jerdee Thomas H.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.888
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-050X
pISSN - 0090-4848
DOI - 10.1002/hrm.3930250306
Subject(s) - demographics , economic shortage , incentive , human resource policies , sample (material) , human resources , work (physics) , human resource management , retirement age , business , labour economics , economics , resource (disambiguation) , demographic economics , finance , management , sociology , market economy , demography , computer network , government (linguistics) , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , chemistry , chromatography , pension
As we rapidly approach the 21st century, current human resource management policies emphasizing early retirement may prove shortsighted. Changing demographics and projected labor shortages in certain critical occupations may require a reversal of present early retirement policies. This article reports the views of a national sample of 897 executives on work and retirement. We report their reactions to pressures for early retirement, their responses to proposed incentives to delay retirmeent, and finally, their planned post retirement activities. Their responses have important implications for revising human resource policies in the years ahead.