Work and Nonwork Predictors of Employees' Retirement Ages

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 206-225

  Beehr, Terry A ^a   Glazer, Sharon ^a   Nielson, Norma L ^b   Farmer, Suzanne J ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Older workers; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008198532     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvbe.1999.1736     Document Type: Article

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