Douglas A Hershey
Biographic Data
| ID | 120181 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Douglas A Hershey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Douglas A |
| FAMILY NAME | Hershey |
| SIGNATURE | HERSHEY D A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oklahoma State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7004-4672 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Retirees’ perceptions of goal expectancy in five resource domains
Enhancing Planning Behavior during Retirement: Effects of a Time Perspective Based Training Intervention
Time perspective is a psychological construct that reflects the way people view time. Two schools of thought exist that theorize how this temporal mindset affects behavior-dominant and balanced. We applied dominant and balanced time perspective frameworks separately to two versions of an online intervention that aimed to promote goal-setting and accumulation of essential retirement resources (health, physical, social, cognitive and emotional) and…
Adaptation or Exploration? Understanding Older Workers’ Plans for Post-Retirement Paid and Volunteer Work
Numerous investigations have sought to understand the types of individuals who engage in post-retirement work. However, little is known about why older adults are motivated to engage. The aim of the present article is to examine the extent to which two possible mechanisms—adaptation (adjusting to the loss of work role) and exploration (retirement as opportunity to engage in activities in line with personal values)—play a role in explaining planni…
Racial Differences in Anticipated Satisfaction With Life during Retirement
The ability of individuals to think about their goals and imagine themselves in the future is one of the keys to developing a strategic life plan (Beach, 1998). This is a particularly important task in the context of developing a satisfying plan for retirement. In this investigation, image theory (Beach & Mitchell, 1987) was used as a foundation for exploring racial differences in individuals’ perceptions of the post-employment period. Specifical…
Time perspective as an antecedent of trust in a manager and its impact on employee attitudes
A manager's personality has been demonstrated to have an influence on employees' level of trust. However, it has yet to be demonstrated whether trust levels are based, in part, on a manager's time perspective. In this study a between-subjects scenario-based experimental approach was employed, which involved administration of six different scenarios. Each described a hypothetical manager who exhibited one of six time perspectives: past positive, p…
Financial Preparation for Retirement in Brazil: A Cross-Cultural Test of the Interdisciplinary Financial Planning Model
Are “Voluntary” Self-Employed Better Prepared for Retirement Than “Forced” Self-Employed
When it comes to financial preparation for retirement, self-employed workers in many European countries face unique challenges not encountered by traditional wage earners. This is particularly true for self-employed workers because many self-employed individuals do not have large-scale access to employer-sponsored pensions, which are a mainstay of pension support for most workers in developed countries. In this investigation, we explored the savi…
Why do older adults avoid seeking financial advice? Adviser anxiety in the Netherlands
Why is it that many people fail to seek retirement planning advice when doing so is clearly indicated? Distrust of financial intermediaries is often presented as the common answer. But this paper shows that trust issues are only part of the answer; an appreciable proportion of individuals experience anxiety at the prospect of visiting a financial adviser. In the present investigation, financial adviser anxiety is studied among 950 Dutch adults ov…
Working Adults’ Metacognitions Regarding Financial Planning for Retirement
In this article, we introduce a new perceptual measure of retirement planning metacognition, which was evaluated in the United States across 2 different data collection efforts. The measure is designed to assess individual differences in perceptions of the intellectual difficulties adults face when they think about or anticipate engaging in retirement-linked financial planning activities. In the initial study (N = 90), data revealed that the 5-it…
Cross-National Differences in Goals for Retirement: The Case of India and the United States
Perceptions of Retirement Savings Relative to Peers
Do individuals’ perceptions of how much others save for retirement influence their own long-range financial saving decisions? In this study, social comparison theory was used as a theoretical touchstone for understanding the impact of interpersonal perceptions on saving behavior. Respondents (N = 224) reported not only the amount they had saved for retirement during the previous year, but they also reported perceptions of the magnitude of their s…
Perceptions and expectations of pension savings adequacy: A comparative study of Dutch and American workers
What drives the perceptions of pension savings adequacy and what do workers expect to receive when they retire? These questions are assessed among married workers using an identical survey distributed to Dutch and American workers in 2007. Despite marked differences in expected pension replacement rates – where the Dutch replacement rates are systematically higher than the American rates – the perceived savings adequacy is more or less the same a…
The epidemiology of spirit possession in the aftermath of mass political violence in Mozambique
Mapping the Minds of Retirement Planners: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
This study explored the psychological mechanisms that underlie the retirement planning and saving tendencies of Dutch and American workers. Participants were 988 Dutch and 429 Americans, 25 to 64 years of age. Analyses were designed to (a) examine the extent to which structural variables were related to planning tendencies and (b) develop culture-specific path analysis models to identify the mechanisms that underlie perceived financial preparedne…
Gender Differences in Factors that Influence Time Spent Planning for Retirement
Retirement research has shown that planning activities are influenced by a variety of demographic and psychological variables. However, few investigations have focused on how demographic and psychological factors influence the time and effort men and women allocate to retirement preparation. In the present study, 184 individuals completed a survey designed to assess future time perspective (FTP), worry about retirement, age, and income level. Hie…
The epidemiology of spirit possession in the aftermath of mass political violence in Mozambique
Mapping the Minds of Retirement Planners: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
This study explored the psychological mechanisms that underlie the retirement planning and saving tendencies of Dutch and American workers. Participants were 988 Dutch and 429 Americans, 25 to 64 years of age. Analyses were designed to (a) examine the extent to which structural variables were related to planning tendencies and (b) develop culture-specific path analysis models to identify the mechanisms that underlie perceived financial preparedne…
Are “Voluntary” Self-Employed Better Prepared for Retirement Than “Forced” Self-Employed
When it comes to financial preparation for retirement, self-employed workers in many European countries face unique challenges not encountered by traditional wage earners. This is particularly true for self-employed workers because many self-employed individuals do not have large-scale access to employer-sponsored pensions, which are a mainstay of pension support for most workers in developed countries. In this investigation, we explored the savi…
Perceptions and expectations of pension savings adequacy: A comparative study of Dutch and American workers
What drives the perceptions of pension savings adequacy and what do workers expect to receive when they retire? These questions are assessed among married workers using an identical survey distributed to Dutch and American workers in 2007. Despite marked differences in expected pension replacement rates – where the Dutch replacement rates are systematically higher than the American rates – the perceived savings adequacy is more or less the same a…
Why do older adults avoid seeking financial advice? Adviser anxiety in the Netherlands
Why is it that many people fail to seek retirement planning advice when doing so is clearly indicated? Distrust of financial intermediaries is often presented as the common answer. But this paper shows that trust issues are only part of the answer; an appreciable proportion of individuals experience anxiety at the prospect of visiting a financial adviser. In the present investigation, financial adviser anxiety is studied among 950 Dutch adults ov…
Enhancing Planning Behavior during Retirement: Effects of a Time Perspective Based Training Intervention
Time perspective is a psychological construct that reflects the way people view time. Two schools of thought exist that theorize how this temporal mindset affects behavior-dominant and balanced. We applied dominant and balanced time perspective frameworks separately to two versions of an online intervention that aimed to promote goal-setting and accumulation of essential retirement resources (health, physical, social, cognitive and emotional) and…
Financial Preparation for Retirement in Brazil: A Cross-Cultural Test of the Interdisciplinary Financial Planning Model
Cross-National Differences in Goals for Retirement: The Case of India and the United States
Adaptation or Exploration? Understanding Older Workers’ Plans for Post-Retirement Paid and Volunteer Work
Numerous investigations have sought to understand the types of individuals who engage in post-retirement work. However, little is known about why older adults are motivated to engage. The aim of the present article is to examine the extent to which two possible mechanisms—adaptation (adjusting to the loss of work role) and exploration (retirement as opportunity to engage in activities in line with personal values)—play a role in explaining planni…
Perceptions of Retirement Savings Relative to Peers
Do individuals’ perceptions of how much others save for retirement influence their own long-range financial saving decisions? In this study, social comparison theory was used as a theoretical touchstone for understanding the impact of interpersonal perceptions on saving behavior. Respondents (N = 224) reported not only the amount they had saved for retirement during the previous year, but they also reported perceptions of the magnitude of their s…
Gender Differences in Factors that Influence Time Spent Planning for Retirement
Retirement research has shown that planning activities are influenced by a variety of demographic and psychological variables. However, few investigations have focused on how demographic and psychological factors influence the time and effort men and women allocate to retirement preparation. In the present study, 184 individuals completed a survey designed to assess future time perspective (FTP), worry about retirement, age, and income level. Hie…
Mapping the Minds of Retirement Planners: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
This study explored the psychological mechanisms that underlie the retirement planning and saving tendencies of Dutch and American workers. Participants were 988 Dutch and 429 Americans, 25 to 64 years of age. Analyses were designed to (a) examine the extent to which structural variables were related to planning tendencies and (b) develop culture-specific path analysis models to identify the mechanisms that underlie perceived financial preparedne…
Perceptions and expectations of pension savings adequacy: A comparative study of Dutch and American workers
What drives the perceptions of pension savings adequacy and what do workers expect to receive when they retire? These questions are assessed among married workers using an identical survey distributed to Dutch and American workers in 2007. Despite marked differences in expected pension replacement rates – where the Dutch replacement rates are systematically higher than the American rates – the perceived savings adequacy is more or less the same a…
The epidemiology of spirit possession in the aftermath of mass political violence in Mozambique
Perceptions of Retirement Savings Relative to Peers
Do individuals’ perceptions of how much others save for retirement influence their own long-range financial saving decisions? In this study, social comparison theory was used as a theoretical touchstone for understanding the impact of interpersonal perceptions on saving behavior. Respondents (N = 224) reported not only the amount they had saved for retirement during the previous year, but they also reported perceptions of the magnitude of their s…
Working Adults’ Metacognitions Regarding Financial Planning for Retirement
In this article, we introduce a new perceptual measure of retirement planning metacognition, which was evaluated in the United States across 2 different data collection efforts. The measure is designed to assess individual differences in perceptions of the intellectual difficulties adults face when they think about or anticipate engaging in retirement-linked financial planning activities. In the initial study (N = 90), data revealed that the 5-it…
Cross-National Differences in Goals for Retirement: The Case of India and the United States
Are “Voluntary” Self-Employed Better Prepared for Retirement Than “Forced” Self-Employed
When it comes to financial preparation for retirement, self-employed workers in many European countries face unique challenges not encountered by traditional wage earners. This is particularly true for self-employed workers because many self-employed individuals do not have large-scale access to employer-sponsored pensions, which are a mainstay of pension support for most workers in developed countries. In this investigation, we explored the savi…
Why do older adults avoid seeking financial advice? Adviser anxiety in the Netherlands
Why is it that many people fail to seek retirement planning advice when doing so is clearly indicated? Distrust of financial intermediaries is often presented as the common answer. But this paper shows that trust issues are only part of the answer; an appreciable proportion of individuals experience anxiety at the prospect of visiting a financial adviser. In the present investigation, financial adviser anxiety is studied among 950 Dutch adults ov…
Financial Preparation for Retirement in Brazil: A Cross-Cultural Test of the Interdisciplinary Financial Planning Model
Racial Differences in Anticipated Satisfaction With Life during Retirement
The ability of individuals to think about their goals and imagine themselves in the future is one of the keys to developing a strategic life plan (Beach, 1998). This is a particularly important task in the context of developing a satisfying plan for retirement. In this investigation, image theory (Beach & Mitchell, 1987) was used as a foundation for exploring racial differences in individuals’ perceptions of the post-employment period. Specifical…
Time perspective as an antecedent of trust in a manager and its impact on employee attitudes
A manager's personality has been demonstrated to have an influence on employees' level of trust. However, it has yet to be demonstrated whether trust levels are based, in part, on a manager's time perspective. In this study a between-subjects scenario-based experimental approach was employed, which involved administration of six different scenarios. Each described a hypothetical manager who exhibited one of six time perspectives: past positive, p…
Adaptation or Exploration? Understanding Older Workers’ Plans for Post-Retirement Paid and Volunteer Work
Numerous investigations have sought to understand the types of individuals who engage in post-retirement work. However, little is known about why older adults are motivated to engage. The aim of the present article is to examine the extent to which two possible mechanisms—adaptation (adjusting to the loss of work role) and exploration (retirement as opportunity to engage in activities in line with personal values)—play a role in explaining planni…
Enhancing Planning Behavior during Retirement: Effects of a Time Perspective Based Training Intervention
Time perspective is a psychological construct that reflects the way people view time. Two schools of thought exist that theorize how this temporal mindset affects behavior-dominant and balanced. We applied dominant and balanced time perspective frameworks separately to two versions of an online intervention that aimed to promote goal-setting and accumulation of essential retirement resources (health, physical, social, cognitive and emotional) and…
Retirees’ perceptions of goal expectancy in five resource domains
Psychology (13 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (12 works) · Economics (9 works) · Finance (7 works) · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (7 works) · Retirement planning (7 works) · Actuarial science (6 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Business (5 works)