Ending a Career in the Auto Industry [electronic resource] : “30 and Out” /

During the 1980s the news media were filled with reports of soaring unemployment as 'downsizing' and `restructuring' became the new buzzwords. Firms managed their workforce reduction by increasing the attractiveness of their pension plans-especially their early-retirement plans. In this volume, the authors examine the U.S. auto industry and present a full-scale analysis of the work and retirement decisions of its workers. They address organizational context and the logic of financial incentives in employer-provided early retirement plans. The impact of pension provisions, layoffs, plant closures, attitudes about `generational equity', and other factors influencing the workers' evaluation of the optimum time to end their careers in the auto industry are explored.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Hardy, Melissa A. author., Hazelrigg, Lawrence. author., Quadagno, Jill. author., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Boston, MA : Springer US, 1996
Subjects:	Business., Management science., Political science., Population., Sociology., Business and Management., Business and Management, general., Political Science., Population Economics., Sociology, general.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b102408
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