Tackling psychological disengagement in older workers

Industrial and Commercial Training

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-91

  Hewitt, Susan D ^a  

^a Milecastle Consultancy Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee development; Mentoring; Motivation (psychology); Older workers; Organizational culture; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849117278     PISSN: 00197858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00197850910939126     Document Type: Article

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