Who would delay retirement? Typologies of older workers

Personnel Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 308-324

  Flynn, Matthew ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business performance; Incentive schemes; Industrial sociology; Older workers; Resource management; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952179470     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483481011030511     Document Type: Article

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