Ekerdt and His Colleagues Studied Job Attitudes Over Three Years

Ekerdt and his colleagues studied job attitudes over three years in men ranging in age from 50 to 69 who worked full time but had plans to retire by a definite target date in the future.They found that the closer the men got to the planned date of retirement,___________________.

A) the happier they were with their jobs
B) the more likely they were to claim their jobs were causing them tension and fatigue
C) the more they pushed the date of retirement to a later time
D) the more they regretted having made plans to retire