Retaining older workers: Fields of action - Constituting a comprehensive age management model

Journal of Applied Business Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 85-98

  Žnidaršič, Jana ^a   Dimovski, Vlado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Active aging approach within slovenian enterprises; Age management; Aging of population; Comprehensive age management model; HRM; Personnel economics; Retaining older workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149131657     PISSN: 08927626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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