The aging of the state government workforce: Trends and implications

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-60

  Lewis, Gregory B ^a   Cho, Jik Yoon ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging workforce; retirement tsunami; State government employees; turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649788174     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074009359308     Document Type: Article

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