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Social Welfare Quarterly 2026, 26(2): 45-73 |
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Maleki A, Javan Mahjoubdoost S, Mohammadi Z, Goodarzi S. (2026). Managing the Transition to Retirement of Faculty Members: A Qualitative Meta-Combination. Social Welfare Quarterly. 26(2), 45-73. doi:10.32598/refahj.26.2.4781.1
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Introduction: Retirement, which means the cessation of a job role and the transition to a new stage of life, is a multidimensional phenomenon. Given the importance of job roles in modern societies, this transition has an impact on the social well-being of individuals. The experience of retirement is not uniform among different individuals. University faculty members report different experiences due to the professional and specialized nature of their jobs. A review of the literature on the subject of retirement in academics shows that the retirement path of these individuals is similar to the retirement of scientists. The present study was conducted with the aim of modeling the conceptual dimensions of the retirement experience of university professors and discovering strategies to face challenges.
Method: This study analyzed and systematically synthesized articles in this field using the meta-synthesis method.
Findings: The findings of this meta-synthesis showed that the retirement experience of faculty members is a multidimensional phenomenon that encompasses the dimensions of daily activities, identity, time, social interactions, and psychosocial status, and along with these challenges, it includes strategies such as continuing professional activity, phased retirement, time reconstruction, and pre-retirement planning.
Discussion: The findings show that academic retirement is a multidimensional and agentic transition in the life course that is shaped by the interaction between the continuity and discontinuity of roles, professional identity, social structures, and professional capital.
The proposed research model, by integrating structure and agency, allows for a distinctive explanation of the academic experience.
Method: This study analyzed and systematically synthesized articles in this field using the meta-synthesis method.
Findings: The findings of this meta-synthesis showed that the retirement experience of faculty members is a multidimensional phenomenon that encompasses the dimensions of daily activities, identity, time, social interactions, and psychosocial status, and along with these challenges, it includes strategies such as continuing professional activity, phased retirement, time reconstruction, and pre-retirement planning.
Discussion: The findings show that academic retirement is a multidimensional and agentic transition in the life course that is shaped by the interaction between the continuity and discontinuity of roles, professional identity, social structures, and professional capital.
The proposed research model, by integrating structure and agency, allows for a distinctive explanation of the academic experience.
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Received: 2025/11/16 | Accepted: 2026/07/29 | Published: 2026/08/31
Received: 2025/11/16 | Accepted: 2026/07/29 | Published: 2026/08/31
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