Age differences in work motivation in a sample from five northern European countries;Altersunterschiede im bezug auf arbeitsmotivation in einer stichprobe aus fünf nordeuropäischen ländern

Zeitschrift fur Personalpsychologie

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 59-70

  Inceoglu, Ilke ^a   Segers, Jesse ^a   Bartram, Dave ^a   Vloeberghs, Daniël ^a  

^a SHL Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Demographic change; Employment regime; Motives; Work motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651095890     PISSN: 16176391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/1617-6391.8.2.59     Document Type: Article

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