The Adaptation Process of Male Baby Boomers to Early Retirement Life
AUTHORS
Kwang Za Yu,Professor, College of Nursing, The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Kyungpook National University,Korea
Hee Sook Kim,Professor, College of Nursing, The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Kyungpook National University,Korea
ABSTRACT
This study examined the experiences of men born between 1946 and 1964, who retired before the age of 65 years, to explain their adjustment to early retirement. participants were involuntarily took “voluntary” retirement from an organization where they had worked for10 or more years. Transcribed interview contents were analyzed using Corbin and Strauss’s grounded theory method. A total 94 concepts, 32 subcategories, and 14 categorieswere identified through the open coding process. The results demonstrated that the main category in the lives of male Baby Boomers who retired early was “living life like a roly poly”, the male Baby Boomers accepted the environmental changes and led their lives by adjusting to changes. This study will serve as the basis for the development of nursing interventions for each stage of the process of male Baby Boomers’ adjustment to early retirement.
KEYWORDS
Baby boom, Adaptation, Retirement, Male, Process
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