On leaving work as a calling: retirement as an existential imperative

In this article, we argue that we will reach a deepened understanding of what the retirement process means for individuals if existential meaning is the centre of attention. The data consist of qualitative interviews conducted in Sweden. A selected type of employee - whose work we define as a ‘‘cal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mattias Bengtsson, Marita Flisbäck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2017-03-01
Series:International Journal of Ageing and Later Life
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Online Access:https://journal.ep.liu.se/IJAL/article/view/1277