Predicting employees' retirement intentions in New Zealand: The contribution of personal, job-related and non-work factors

New Zealand Journal of Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 11-23

  Naudé, Sarah ^a,b   O'Driscoll, Michael P ^b   Kalliath, Thomas J ^c  

^a Telecom New Zealand Limited   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77954574319     PISSN: 0112109X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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