Perceptions of pre-retired employees of a public university about retirement
Objective: to unveil the perceptions of pre-retired employees of a public university about retirement. Methods: qualitative research conducted with 16 pre-retired employees of a public university. Data were collected in monthly meetings in three focus groups that discussed aspects related to retirem...
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Universidade Federal do Ceará
2016-08-01
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| author | Desirée Ariane Modos Figueira Maria do Carmo Lourenço Haddad Raquel Gvozd |
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| description | Objective: to unveil the perceptions of pre-retired employees of a public university about retirement. Methods: qualitative research conducted with 16 pre-retired employees of a public university. Data were collected in monthly meetings in three focus groups that discussed aspects related to retirement and were analyzed by content analysis technique.Results: when identifying retirement as a possibility, pre-retired workers rescued the meaning of work, reflected on the life changes that retirement can lead and signaled the need for strategies for experiencing retirement. Conclusion: retirement brings up positive and negative perceptions, concerns and questions that reinforce the need to offer to pre-retired workers the opportunity to reflect on this stage of life and prepare to enjoy the post-career period with quality. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8a8f2fd2586e46a181fb4e11fafdbc2c2025-08-20T12:54:37ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832016-08-01174Perceptions of pre-retired employees of a public university about retirementDesirée Ariane Modos FigueiraMaria do Carmo Lourenço HaddadRaquel GvozdObjective: to unveil the perceptions of pre-retired employees of a public university about retirement. Methods: qualitative research conducted with 16 pre-retired employees of a public university. Data were collected in monthly meetings in three focus groups that discussed aspects related to retirement and were analyzed by content analysis technique.Results: when identifying retirement as a possibility, pre-retired workers rescued the meaning of work, reflected on the life changes that retirement can lead and signaled the need for strategies for experiencing retirement. Conclusion: retirement brings up positive and negative perceptions, concerns and questions that reinforce the need to offer to pre-retired workers the opportunity to reflect on this stage of life and prepare to enjoy the post-career period with quality.https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4951RetirementWorkDecision MakingPlanning. |
| spellingShingle | Desirée Ariane Modos Figueira Maria do Carmo Lourenço Haddad Raquel Gvozd Perceptions of pre-retired employees of a public university about retirement Rev Rene Retirement Work Decision Making Planning. |
| title | Perceptions of pre-retired employees of a public university about retirement |
| title_full | Perceptions of pre-retired employees of a public university about retirement |
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| title_short | Perceptions of pre-retired employees of a public university about retirement |
| title_sort | perceptions of pre retired employees of a public university about retirement |
| topic | Retirement Work Decision Making Planning. |
| url | https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4951 |
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