Retirement as a learning process

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-184

  Hodkinson, Phil ^a   Ford, Geoff ^b   Hodkinson, Heather ^a   Hawthorn, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 40149104105     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270701835825     Document Type: Article

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