E P Gerber
Biographic Data
| ID | 9312771 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E P Gerber |
| GIVEN NAMES | E P |
| FAMILY NAME | Gerber |
| SIGNATURE | GERBER E P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
An integrated sociological model for explaining adjustment to role transitions during retirement
In this study our aim was to construct an integrated sociological model that comprised the necessary components for explaining adjustment to role transitions during the retirement process. The significance of this model is that it demonstrated how the individual’s perception of any role transition as either constraining or enabling is dependent on three pre- and/or post-role transition factors: namely, definition of the situation, structural and …
An analytical model for explaining the retirement process
Although literature in social gerontology offers much material on retirement there is a severe lack of theoretical frameworks to explain this process and to guide research along systematic and efficient lines. The analytical model proposed in this article makes no pretence to cover all possibilities regarding the retirement process but should be interpreted as a further step in theory building, and which may help to sharpen future research design…
Criticisms against the earlier approaches to deviance
In recent years there have been numerous criticisms against the earlier approaches to deviance. The major criticism is that most theories are class bound in that they focus mainly on the deviant acts of the lower socio-economic classes. In order to demonstrate why this is so a sociology of knowledge perspective is adopted to analyse (a) the social and intellectual background of theorists of deviance, (b) the theoretical perspective adopted by the…
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Criticisms against the earlier approaches to deviance
In recent years there have been numerous criticisms against the earlier approaches to deviance. The major criticism is that most theories are class bound in that they focus mainly on the deviant acts of the lower socio-economic classes. In order to demonstrate why this is so a sociology of knowledge perspective is adopted to analyse (a) the social and intellectual background of theorists of deviance, (b) the theoretical perspective adopted by the…
An analytical model for explaining the retirement process
Although literature in social gerontology offers much material on retirement there is a severe lack of theoretical frameworks to explain this process and to guide research along systematic and efficient lines. The analytical model proposed in this article makes no pretence to cover all possibilities regarding the retirement process but should be interpreted as a further step in theory building, and which may help to sharpen future research design…
An integrated sociological model for explaining adjustment to role transitions during retirement
In this study our aim was to construct an integrated sociological model that comprised the necessary components for explaining adjustment to role transitions during the retirement process. The significance of this model is that it demonstrated how the individual’s perception of any role transition as either constraining or enabling is dependent on three pre- and/or post-role transition factors: namely, definition of the situation, structural and …
Computer Science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Positive economics (2 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control (1 work) · Criminology (1 work) · Criticism (1 work) · Demography (1 work)