Older adult learners in the workforce new dimensions to workforce training needs

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-152

  Ford, Ruth ^a,c   Orel, Nancy ^b  

^a BELMONT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c School of Occupational Therapy   (United States)

Author keywords

Older adult learners; Older adult workers; Retirement; Workforce strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744528251     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894845305279165     Document Type: Review

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