Let go or retain? A comparative study of the attitudes of business students and managers about the retirement of older workers

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1562-1588

  Henkens, Kène ^a   Van Solinge, Hanna ^a   Cozijnsen, Rabina ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 67651165416     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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