Uniwersalność i wyjątkowość procesu stawania się emerytem w PRL. Analiza jakościowa pamiętników konkursowych
The Universality and Uniqueness of the Process of Becoming a Retiree in the Polish People’s Republic: A Qualitative Analysis of Competition Memoirs

Summary/Abstract: Becoming a retiree is a multidimensional and diverse process, the experience of which constructs identity as well as impacts people’s quality of life after ending the longest phase of their life, namely professional work. The aim of the study is to describe what the retirement meant for individuals during the communist period. The empirical material was based on 12 contest memoirs constituting an emotional, subjective, and extensive descriptions of the lived experience of becoming a retiree in the social context of the reality of the Polish People’s Republic. The material was coded, analyzed, and interpreted in order for the process patterns to be reconstructed. The emerging collections of common experiences were juxtaposed with the results of Bruno Synak’s research based on a sample of 284 young retirees who retired on average six years later than the authors of the said diaries. The study shows a wide range of meanings, subjective opinions, and the models identity changes from an employee to a retired person, all of which are embedded in the culture of social realism.

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