WORKING IN RETIREMENT: THE ANTECEDENTS OF BRIDGE EMPLOYMENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR QUALITY OF LIFE IN RETIREMENT.
Academy of Management JournalPublished 1 December 2000
Suzy Kim, Daniel C. Feldman
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Results suggest that employees with better health, greater organizational tenure, working spouses, and dependent children were more likely to take bridge employment, while age and salary at time of retirement were inversely related to extent of bridge employment.
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In this study, we used a continuity theory of aging to examine bridge employment. Excellent health, organizational tenure, and having working spouses and dependent children were positively associat...
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