Series: Rethinking Work, Ageing and Retirement

Growing up and older at work is something we all experience, yet it remains surprisingly overlooked and under-theorised in management and organisation studies. In this groundbreaking book, Working through Ageing, Kathleen Riach draws on a 10-year longitudinal study to offer fresh theoretical and empirical insights into how ageing is experienced in the workplace. Introducing a new phenomenological theory of ageing...

Pension policy in the UK and US is designed on the assumption that people make informed financial decisions, consistently invest in pensions and manage diverse portfolios. Deviating from this is often deemed irresponsible and irrational. However, this assumption overlooks uncontrollable factors like caring duties, employment breaks or income limitations. Even when individuals act as expected, unpredictable market shifts can hinder...