Ageing and careers: European research on long-term career development and early retirement

Career Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-94

  Van Der Heijden, Beatrice I J M ^a   Schalk, René ^b   Van Veldhoven, Marc J p m ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Career development; Europe; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749112866     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430810860512     Document Type: Article

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