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Older women who work: Resilience, choice, and change.

DOI: 10.1037/0000212-000

ISBN: 9781433832888

Publisher: American Psychological Association - American Psychological Association

Sep 28, 2020

1 - 10 of 14 Chapters

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Introduction.

Cole, Ellen; Hollis-Sawyer, Lisa

Pages: 3 –11

This introductory chapter provides an overview of the book and its chapters. The book is intended to educate a variety of audiences about state-of-the-art research on women age 65 and older who work, to offer suggestions for the application of this research, and to provide helpful support...
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From striving to thriving: How facing adversity across the lifespan can foster workplace resilience.

Stripling, Ashley M.; Maccarrone, Jodie

Pages: 19 –32

As women in the workforce age, they face a number of new challenges that intersect with previously experienced hurdles. These challenges are more pronounced in the case of older women, who may already experience discrimination based on other identities such as ethnic background or sexual minority...
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The aging woman worker in a lifespan developmental context.

Mitchell, Valory

Pages: 33 –48

This chapter is based on the premise that lifespan developmental theories, concepts, and findings provide structure, language, and information that can help us grasp the meaning of work for women in late adulthood. Having access to lifespan theories may be especially valuable in late adulthood...
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Shifting values and late course adjustments in the careers of older women.

Mangione, Lorraine; Borden, Kathi A.; Fuss, Elizabeth

Pages: 49 –67

Identity, meaning, being, and becoming—these are important aspects of who we are and what we do. What gives life meaning? How do we define and describe ourselves? What is important for us? How do we feel about who we have become and what we do? All these questions animate our lives and our sense...
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Work-related choice and identity in older women.

Newton, Nicky J.; Ottley, Katherine M.

Pages: 69 –86

Women's reasons for continuing to work vary greatly; some postpone retirement because they love their jobs and find them meaningful. Others, however, forgo retirement and leisure because of financial issues, and for others in poorer health or with few job skills, continuing to work is not an...
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Plenty more at the factory gate: An autoethnography of a precarious work (life) in progress.

Goode, Jackie

Pages: 87 –102

This chapter is an autoethnographic account of the meanings of work for an older White Englishwoman. It traces her winding path into and out of different kinds of part- and full-time professional work alongside raising a family and her journey after retirement undertaking both paid and unpaid...
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The secret poor among us: Older women who work to make ends meet.

Gergen, Mary; Cole, Ellen

Pages: 109 –131

Most Americans today are well versed in the troubling state of our economy, in which the very rich have gotten richer and the rest of us have gotten poorer. This chapter presents a brief review of literature on older women in the workforce. It examines through interviews and content analysis the...
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Worklife balance and the older working woman.

Radtke, H. Lorraine; van Mens-Verhulst, Janneke

Pages: 133 –151

This chapter discusses the issues that involve the relationship between an older woman's paid work activities and, for want of a better expression, the rest of her life. Variously referred to as work–family conflict, work–life balance, work life balance, and work–life integration, it has been...
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What, retire? Not nowmaybe not ever.

O'Connor, Patricia A.

Pages: 153 –159

Working people, both men and women, generally aim to retire at what society or they consider an appropriate age, typically age 65. Research on retirement centers largely on the individual's financial preparation for retirement and, somewhat secondarily, on the psychological and social...
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You're too young/old for this: The intersection of ageism and sexism in the workplace.

Walker, Ruth V.; Zelin, Alexandra I.

Pages: 161 –187

Experiences with age discrimination are significantly more common among middle-aged and older women as well as people of color. Previous researchers have generally investigated experiences with discrimination in workplace by age and gender separately; however, this chapter looks at the impact of...

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