Postponing job retirement? Psychosocial influences on the preference for early or late retirement

Career Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-167

  Zappalà, Salvatore ^a   Depolo, Marco ^a   Fraccaroli, Franco ^b   Guglielmi, Dina ^a   Sarchielli, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Employee attitudes; Older workers; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749104849     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430810860558     Document Type: Article

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