"At this point now": Older workers' reflections on their current employment experiences

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-241

  Noonan, Anne E ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PENSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK; WORKER;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; RETIREMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 27844568432     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/38CX-C90V-0K37-VLJA     Document Type: Article

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