The age and job satisfaction relationship: Does its shape and strength still evade us?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages

  Bernal, David ^b   Snyder, David ^c   McDaniel, Michael ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031659465     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/53B.5.P287     Document Type: Article

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