The Oxford Handbook of Retirement

Mo Wang, Ph.D., is Associate Professor, Department of Management, Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida.

Part One: General Introduction ; 1. Retirement: An Introduction and Overview of the Handbook ; Mo Wang ; 2. The Evolving History of Retirement within the United States ; Michael J. Zickar ; 3. The Demography of Aging and Retirement ; Felicia Wheaton and Eileen M. Crimmins ; 4. Variations on a Retirement Theme: Conceptual and Operational Definitions of Retirement ; Terry A. Beehr and Nathan A. Bowling ; Part Two: Retirement Process Theoretical Perspectives ; 5. The Life Course Perspective on Life in the Post-Retirement Period ; Paul Wink and Jacquelyn Boone James ; 6. Continuity Theory and Retirement ; Monika E. von Bonsdorff and Juhani Ilmarinen ; 7. The Theory of Selection, Optimization and Compensation ; Boris B. Baltes and Cort W. Rudolph ; 8. Protean Career Model and Retirement ; Najung Kim and Douglas T. Hall ; 9. Retirement and Human Resources Management: A Strategic Approach ; Barbara L. Rau and Gary A. Adams ; 10. Economic Theories of Retirement ; John Laitner and Aanda Sonnega ; 11. A Multilevel Perspective for Retirement Research ; Maximiliane E. Szinovacz ; Part Three: Retirement Research ; 12. Research Methods in Retirement Research ; Gwenith G. Fisher and Robert J. Willis ; 13. Age, Gender, and the Retirement Process. ; Barbara Griffin, Vanessa Loh, and Beryl Hesketh ; 14. The Employer's Perspective on Retirement ; Kene Henkens and Hendrik P. van Dalen ; 15. Retirement Attitudes: Considering Etiology, Measurement, Attitude-Behavior Relationships, and Attitudinal Ambivalence ; Daniel A. Newman, Gahyun Jeon, and Charles L. Hulin ; 16. Planning and Adaptation to Retirement: The Post-Retirement Environment, Change Management Resources, and Need-Oriented Factors as Moderators ; Mary Anne Taylor and Meline Schaffer ; 17. Retirement Decision Making ; Steve M. Jex and James Grosch ; 18. Feeling Like It's Time to Retire: A Fit Perspective on Early Retirement Decisions ; Daniel C. Feldman ; 19. Bridge Employment ; Kevin E. Cahill, Michael D. Giandre, and Joseph F. Quinn ; 20. Adjustment to Retirement ; Hanna van Solinge ; 21. The Association of Retirement with Physical and Behavioral Health ; William T. Gallo ; 22. Leisure Activities in Retirement ; Lorraine T. Dorfman ; 23. Family, Work, and the Retirement Process: A Review and New Directions ; Russell A. Matthews and Gwenith G. Fisher ; Part Four: Retirement Practice ; 24. Social Security, Pension System, and Retirement Savings ; Xiang Yao and Haoran Peng ; 25. Employment Law and Retirement ; Christina L. Causey and Joanna N. Lahey ; 26. Effective Financial Planning for Retirement ; Douglas A. Hershey, Joy M. Jacobs-Lawson, and James T. Austin ; 27. Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Mature Workers ; Jeanette N. Cleveland and Sarina M. Maneotis ; 28. Designing Early Retirement Incentive Programs ; Yujie Zhan ; 29. Health Care and Health Insurance in Retirement ; Karoline Mortensen and Jennifer Villani ; 30. Learning and Training in Retirement ; Jerry W. Hedge and Victoria A. Albright ; 31. Technology and Retirement Life: A Systematic Review of the Literature on Older Adults and Social Media ; Bo Xie, Man Huang, and Ivan Watkins ; 32. Retirement Practices in Different Countries ; Jose Maria Peiro, Nuria Tordera, and Kristina Potocnik ; Part Five: Future Trends and Conclusions ; 33. The Changing Nature of Work and Retirement ; Kenneth S. Shultz and Deborah A. Olson ; 34. Collision Course: The Impending Impact of Current Immigration and Retirement Trends ; Derek R. Avery, Sabrina D. Volpone, and Aleksandra Luksyte ; 35. Generational Differences in Older Workers and Retirement ; Jesse Erdheim and Michael A. Lodato ; 36. Retirement and Creativity ; Ryan Fehr ; 37. Retirement Research: Concluding Observations and Strategies to Move Forward ; Mo Wang