Older workers' motivation to continue to work: Five meanings of age: A conceptual review

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 364-394

  Kooij, Dorien ^a   de Lange, Annet ^b   Jansen, Paul ^a   Dikkers, Josje ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing (biology); Human resource management; Motivation (psychology); Older workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649096668     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940810869015     Document Type: Article

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