The decision to retire: A career perspective

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 607-619

  Reitzes, Donald C ^b   Mutran, Elizabeth J ^a   Fernandez, Maria E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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