Retirement for Workaholics: Life After Work in a Downsized Economy

Retirement for Workaholics: Life After Work in a Downsized Economy

by Morley D . Glicken (Author)

Synopsis

An expert in retirement issues, aging, and social work shows how workaholics who have been downsized, forced into retirement, or burned out on their current jobs can remain actively engaged in meaningful projects and maintain their happiness.


* Presents 75 personal stories, case studies, and vignettes that offer constructive suggestions for dealing with workaholic behavior

* Offers suggestions as to how workaholics can change their behavior to better cope with retirement

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 190
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 05 May 2010

ISBN 10: 031338486X
ISBN 13: 9780313384868
Book Overview: Workaholic behavior is not well understood by most people, yet more than 50 percent of all American workers over 60 can be characterized as work-addicted. They have few or no sources of enjoyment other than work and often rely on work to supply friends and social activities. What happens when these individuals are forced into retirement?

Author Bio

Morley D. Glicken, PhD, has been a professor, director, and dean of schools of social work and is currently on faculty at Arizona State University in Phoenix, AZ.