Morley D. Glicken

Retirement for Workaholics (eBook, PDF)

Life after Work in a Downsized Economy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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. A practical guide for workers who have been downsized or forced to take retirement before they're ready, Retirement for Workaholics: Life after Work in a Downsized Economy explains workaholic behavior, why it develops, and what can be done about it. Rather than taking a negative approach to work addictions, the book provides a sympathetic and logical way of understanding and coping. Organized around research explaining work addictions and the problems workaholics have coping with retirement, the book also includes numerous personal stories from workaholics and case studies of work-addicted individuals. These stories illustrate the effects of work addiction on self, friends, and loved ones, as well as how people have dealt with the overwhelming need to work. More positively, it offers concrete suggestions for dealing with postretirement issues, such as loneliness, boredom, and substance abuse, and for finding satisfaction and fulfillment whether through volunteer activities, a new career, or the pursuit of previously shelved passions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313384875
• Artikelnr.: 37825026

Autorenporträt

Morley D. Glickenis on the faculty at Arizona State University in Phoenix, AZ, and is the executive director of the Institute for Personal Growth, a training, research, and practice cooperative in Prescott, AZ, where he lives and works.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface I. Understanding Work-Addicted Behavior 1 Introduction: Hard Worker
or Workaholic? 2 Descriptions of Workaholics 3 The Physical and Emotional
Impact of Work Addiction 4 The 10 Irrational Ideas That Get Workaholics
into Emotional Difficulty II. Preretirement Planning 5 Are You Ready to
Retire? 6 Developing a Preretirement Plan III. The Retirement Decision 7
Involving Family Members in Retirement Decisions 8 The Decision to Retire
IV. After Retirement: Repairing the Impact of Work Addiction on Physical
and Mental Health 9 Loneliness 10 Anxiety and Depression 11 Substance Abuse
12 Health V. After Retirement: Repairing Personal Relationships with Family
and Loved Ones 13 Repairing Intimate Relationships 14 Repairing
Relationships with Family and Friends VI. After Retirement: Work
Opportunities and Dealing with Leisure Time 15 Cycling Back to Work and
Dealing with Leisure Time VII. Changing Work-Addicted Behavior 16
Professional Help to Treat Work Addictions 17 Final Words Index About the
Author