TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The aim is to examine the shifting effects of retirement expectations and social support on adjustment three and half and ten months post‐retirement.Design/methodology/approach– For the purpose of this study, the authors used a survey methodology. Expectations regarding retirement and social support were used to predict three facets of satisfaction post‐retirement; life satisfaction, retirement satisfaction, and social satisfaction.Findings– Results suggested that expectations consistently and significantly predicted satisfaction early and later in retirement. Social support was only a significant antecedent of retirement satisfaction at time 2, and had a non‐significant relationship to social and life satisfaction in retirement.Practical implications– Results support the view that retirement expectations have a strong influence on retirement, life, and social satisfaction in the first year of an individual's retirement.Originality/value– The paper's findings imply that interventions designed to create realistic expectations of the retirement experience may have a positive impact on adjustment.
VL  - 23
IS  - 4
SN  - 0268-3946
DO  - 10.1108/02683940810869051
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/02683940810869051
AU  - Anne Taylor Mary
AU  - Goldberg Caren
AU  - Shore Lynn M.
AU  - Lipka Phillip
ED  - Maria Peeters
ED  - Hetty van Emmerik
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - The effects of retirement expectations and social support on post‐retirement adjustment: A longitudinal analysis
T2  - Journal of Managerial Psychology
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 458
EP  - 470
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -