The aging workforce: Perceptions of career ending

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-117

  Buyens, Dirk ^a   Van Dijk, Hans ^a   Dewilde, Thomas ^a   Vos, Ans ^a  

^a VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Employee participation; Human resource management; Job satisfaction; Jobs; Older workers; Personal needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849123360     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940910928838     Document Type: Article

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