Training strategies for an aging workforce

Industrial and Commercial Training

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 334-338

  Koc Menard, Sergio ^a  

^a Canada Revenue Agency   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Learning; Older workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349637296     PISSN: 00197858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00197850910983938     Document Type: Article

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