Work-life balance and older workers: Employees' perspectives on retirement transitions following redundancy

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 476-489

  Gardiner, Jean ^a   Stuart, Mark ^a   Forde, Chris ^a   Greenwood, Ian ^a   MacKenzie, Robert ^a   Perrett, Rob ^a  

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Author keywords

Age; Individualization; Multi activity; Redundancy; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947243439     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190601167904     Document Type: Article

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