Werkgerelateerde persoonlijke relaties na pensionering

Boekaflevering Mens en Maatschappij. Dit artikel is een uitbreiding van een artikel dat in 2010 verscheen in Personal Relationships, 17, 345-356. Work-related personal ties following retirement. The current study examines consequences of retirement for the continuation of work-related relationships. The hypothesis is that their inclusion in personal networks after retirement has become more likely since these relationships have become less role-based in today’s social-cultural context. Data are from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam. Members of two cohorts born 1928-1937 (N = 109) and 1938-1947 (N = 131) were interviewed in 1992 and 2002, respectively, with a follow-up three and six years later. Among retirees the likelihood of having work-related relationships in their personal network after retirement increased by 19% in ten years. This suggests that retirement has become less disruptive. Retirees seem more inclined to form intrinsically rewarding work-related relationships that continue to be important following retirement