PART ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1. Retirement: An Introduction and Overview of the Handbook / Mo Wang
2. The Evolving History of Retirement within the United States / Michael J. Zickar
3. The Demography of Aging and Retirement / Felicia Wheaton and Eileen M. Crimmins
4. Variations on a Retirement Theme: Conceptual and Operational Definitions of Retirement / Terry A. Beehr and Nathan A. Bowling
PART TWO: RETIREMENT PROCESS THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
5. The Life Course Perspective on Life in the Post-Retirement Period / Paul Wink and Jacquelyn Boone James
6. Continuity Theory and Retirement / Monika E. von Bonsdorff and Juhani Ilmarinen
7. The Theory of Selection, Optimization and Compensation / Boris B. Baltes and Cort W. Rudolph
8. Protean Career Model and Retirement / Najung Kim and Douglas T. Hall
9. Retirement and Human Resources Management: A Strategic Approach / Barbara L. Rau and Gary A. Adams
10. Economic Theories of Retirement / John Laitner and Aanda Sonnega
11. A Multilevel Perspective for Retirement Research / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz

PART THREE: RETIREMENT PRACTICE
12. Research Methods in Retirement Research / Gwenith G. Fisher and Robert J. Willis
13. Age, Gender, and the Retirement Process / Barbara Griffin, Vanessa Loh, and Beryl Hesketh
14. The Employer's Perspective on Retirement / Kène Henkens and Hendrik P. van Dalen
15. Retirement Attitudes: Considering Etiology, Measurement, Attitude-Behavior Relationships, and Attitudinal Ambivalence / Daniel A. Newman, Gahyun Jeon, and Charles L. Hulin
16. Planning and Adaptation to Retirement: The Post-Retirement Environment, Change Management Resources, and Need-Oriented Factors as Moderators / Mary Anne Taylor and Meline Schaffer
17. Retirement Decision Making / Steve M. Jex and James Grosch
18. Feeling Like It's Time to Retire: A Fit Perspective on Early Retirement Decisions / Daniel C. Feldman
19. Bridge Employment / Kevin E. Cahill, Michael D. Giandre, and Joseph F. Quinn
20. Adjustment to Retirement / Hanna van Solinge
21. The Association of Retirement with Physical and Behavioral Health / William T. Gallo
22. Leisure Activities in Retirement / Lorraine T. Dorfman
23. Family, Work, and the Retirement Process: A Review and New Directions / Russell A. Matthews and Gwenith G. Fisher

PART FOUR: RETIREMENT PRACTICE
24. Social Security, Pension System, and Retirement Savings / Xiang Yao and Haoran Peng
25. Employment Law and Retirement / Christina L. Causey and Joanna N. Lahey
26. Effective Financial Planning for Retirement / Douglas A. Hershey, Joy M. Jacobs-Lawson, and James T. Austin
27. Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Mature Workers / Jeanette N. Cleveland and Sarina M. Maneotis
28. Designing Early Retirement Incentive Programs / Yujie Zhan
29. Health Care and Health Insurance in Retirement / Karoline Mortensen and Jennifer Villani
30. Learning and Training in Retirement / Jerry W. Hedge and Victoria A. Albright
31. Technology and Retirement Life: A Systematic Review of the Literature on Older Adults and Social Media / Bo Xie, Man Huang, and Ivan Watkins
32. Retirement Practices in Different Countries / José María Peiró, Núria Tordera, and Kristina Potocnik / PART FIVE: FUTURE TRENDS AND CONCLUSIONS
33. The Changing Nature of Work and Retirement / Kenneth S. Shultz and Deborah A. Olson
34. Collision Course: The Impending Impact of Current Immigration and Retirement Trends / Derek R. Avery, Sabrina D. Volpone, and Aleksandra Luksyte
35. Generational Differences in Older Workers and Retirement / Jesse Erdheim and Michael A. Lodato
36. Retirement and Creativity / Ryan Fehr
37. Retirement Research: Concluding Observations and Strategies to Move Forward / Mo Wang