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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Linköping University Electronic Press
2017-03-01
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Series: | International Journal of Ageing and Later Life |
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Online Access: | https://journal.ep.liu.se/IJAL/article/view/1277 |