Successful aging: Criteria for aging well in the workplace

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 156-177

  Robson, Sean M ^a   Hansson, Robert O ^b   Abalos, Anthony ^b   Booth, Melissa ^b  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related change; Aging in the workplace; Career motivation; Career success; Older workers; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750586469     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894845306292533     Document Type: Article

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