Employment and Volunteering Roles for the Elderly: Characteristics, Attributions, and Strategies
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Leisure Research
- Vol. 21 (3) , 214-227
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00222216.1989.11969800
Abstract
Workers and volunteers over age 60 are compared to nonworkers and nonvolunteers on psychological variables. Contrasting self-attributions of reasons for either activity or inactivity are studied as well as strategies employed and recommended for finding jobs or volunteer positions. Implications for assisting elderly individuals increase their activity levels and for understanding the relationships between work and volunteering roles for the elderly are discussed.Keywords
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