Productivity of older workers: Perceptions of employers and employees

Population and Development Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 309-330

  Van Dalen, Hendrik P ^a   Henkens, Kène ^a   Schippers, Joop ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; PERCEPTION; SKILLED LABOR;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ADULT; AGING; EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955045754     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2010.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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