Norma Nielson

Biographic Data

ID6472323
NAMENorma Nielson
GIVEN NAMESNorma
FAMILY NAMENielson
SIGNATURENIELSON N
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Calgary
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX1

  • Aging Population and Driver Licensing

    Mary Kelly, Norma Nielson et al.ARTICLECanadian Public Policy2014Cited by: 1References: 1

    This paper examines public policy relating to the licensing of older Canadian drivers. We focus on licence renewal frequency, assessment of driving competence, and the role of medical professionals, insurers, and police in assessing fitness-to-drive. Our evaluation of the current regimes finds shortcomings with respect to cost-effectiveness, equity, transparency, and feasibility. We propose a new elderly licensing regime which includes a two-stag…

  • Embracing Risk

    Open AccessNorma Nielson, Norma L Nielson et al.ARTICLEThe Canadian Journal of Sociology2004

    Reviewed by: Embracing Risk: The Changing Culture of Risk and Responsibility Norma Nielson (bio) and Stephanie Bertels (bio) Tom Baker & Jonathan Simon , eds., Embracing Risk: The Changing Culture of Risk and Responsibility. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2002, 318 pp. Editors Baker and Simon trace the evolution of modern society into one of "more insurance for more people" and then provide a strong case that the next evolution is begi…

  • Embracing Risk

    Open AccessNorma Nielson, Stephanie Bertels et al.ARTICLEThe Canadian Journal of Sociology2004Cited by: 1

  • Descriptions of job characteristics and retirement activities during the transition to retirement

    Open AccessTerry A Beehr, Norma Nielson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Organizational Behavior1995Cited by: 5References: 3

    This study compares employees' descriptions of their jobs with their subsequent descriptions of the same jobs after they have been retired for some time; it also compares employees' descriptions of their expected retirement lives with their descriptions of their lives after they have actually retired. This will aid in the interpretation of past (and future) research about retirement that collects data only from older employees before they retire …