Determinants of older and younger workers' job satisfaction and organisational commitment in the contrasting labour markets of Belgium and Sweden

Ageing and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1093-1112

  Claes, Rita ^a   Van de ven, Bart ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Older workers; Organisational commitment; Workforce retention

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LABOR MARKET;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 53849139429     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X08007423     Document Type: Article

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