Individual and contextual antecedents of older managerial employees' willingness to accept intra-organizational job changes

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 582-599

  Mignonac, Karim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Intra organizational mobility; Job change; Late career; Older workers; Relocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149102712     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190801953624     Document Type: Article

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