Japan's silver human resource centers and participant well-being

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-66

  Weiss, Robert S ^a   Bass, Scott A ^b   Heimovitz, Harley K ^c   Oka, Masato ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c Econometrica Inc   (United States)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Employment; Ikigai; Japan; Retirement; Volunteer; Well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; MALE; PENSIONER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER; WELLBEING;

AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 18744404496     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-005-3797-4     Document Type: Article

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