Women's retirement : the self in process of transition

This thesis develops a grounded theory of the personal experience of being retired, for twelve women who previously had jobs of a professional/semi-professional status. The focus of the study is on evidence of the ways in which the self-awareness of the participants is challenged and adapts to the c...

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Main Author: Haigh, Janice
Other Authors: Macaskill, Ann ; Empson, Janet
Published: Sheffield Hallam University 2005
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.741363