Vocational Behavior of the Japanese in Late Adulthood: Focusing on Those in the Retirement Process

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 300-311

  Watanabe Muraoka, A Mieko ^a   Kawasaki, Tomotsugu ^b   Sato, Shin'ichi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0040757670     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvbe.1997.1632     Document Type: Article

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