Gold watch or golden nest egg?: Online resources to prepare for retirement

The Gold Watch Syndrome

Your retirement nest egg: are you creating a reliable stream of income?

Media Richness and Social Norms in the Choice to Attend Lectures or to Watch them Online

The study explored media richness and normative factors that influence students’ choice to attend lectures or watch them online. Lectures in a large psychology course were taped and posted online where they could be viewed by streaming video. All students in the course had the option to attend lectures or watch them online, a choice that could be exercised on a lecture-by-lecture basis. The pro...

Planning for Retirement: Longitudinal Effect on Retirement Resources and Post-retirement Well-being

Retirement is a major life event, and a positive adjustment to retirement is essential for maintaining physical and psychological well-being in later life. Previous research demonstrates that pre-retirement planning predicts post-retirement well-being. This study further explores the underlying mechanism between planning activities and post-retirement well-being. By applying the resource-based ...

Making Your Nest Egg Last a Lifetime

Media attention on retirement security generally focuses on the need to save enough to enjoy a comfortable retirement. However, accumulating a nest egg is no longer the only significant challenge – the other is managing one’s nest egg in retirement. In contrast to previous birth cohorts who often received a lifetime income from a defined benefit pension plan, in today’s 401(k) world retirees mu...