Moving European research on work and ageing forward: Overview and agenda

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-101

  Schalk, Réne ^a   van Veldhoven, Marc ^a   de Lange, Annet H ^b   de Witte, Hans ^c   Kraus, Katrin ^d   Stamov Rosßnagel, Christian ^e   Tordera, Nuria ^f   van der Heijden, Beatrice ^g   Zappalà, Salvatore ^h   Bal, Matthijs ⁱ   Bertrand, Françoise ^j   Claes, Rita ^k   Crego, Antonio ^l   Dorenbosch, Luc ^m   de Jonge, Jan ⁿ   Desmette, Donatienne ^o   Gellert, Franz Josef ^p   Hansez, Isabelle ^j   Iller, Carola ^q   Kooij, Dorien ⁱ   Kuipers, Ben ^r   Linkola, Pertti ^s   van den Broeck, Anja ^c   van der Schoot, Esther ^t   Zacher, Hannes ^e   more..

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^g OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁱ VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^k GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^l UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^m TNO   (Netherlands)

ⁿ EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^o UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^p HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^q UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^r ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^s Ministry of Employment and the Economy   (Finland)

^t HZ UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

Ageing and work; Europe; Older employees; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951052111     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320802674629     Document Type: Article

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