Maintaining a focus on work-related opportunities at higher ages [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Hannes Zacher

Maintaining a Focus on Work-Related Opportunities at Higher Ages Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Philosophie des Fachbereiches 06 Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen vorgelegt von Hannes Zacher aus Bremen 2009 Dekan/in: Prof. Dr. Joachim Brunstein 1. Berichterstatter/in: Prof. Dr. Michael Frese 2. Berichterstatter/in: Prof. Dr. Gudrun Schwarzer Acknowledgements I am very grateful to my mentor Prof. Dr. Michael Frese for his support over the past three years, for his ideas and constructive criticism that helped greatly to improve my studies, and for his enthusiasm for research that deeply inspired me. Thank you. My thanks go also to the other members of the project “Demographic Change in Germany: Challenges for Organizations and Human Resource Management,” particularly Prof. Dr. Andreas Bausch and Dr. Mario Krist as well as the people working at RWE AG, The Advisory House, the Jacobs University Bremen, and the Bremer Energie Institut who made this dissertation possible. I thank Prof. Dr. Gudrun Schwarzer for serving as the second examiner of my dissertation, and Prof. Dr. Andreas Bausch, Prof. Dr. Joachim Brunstein, and PD Dr. Thorsten Diemer for serving as members of my defense committee.