Job demands-resources and early retirement intention: Differences between blue-and white-collar workers

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-68

  Schreurs, Bert ^a   van Emmerik, Hetty ^b   De Cuyper, Nele ^c   Notelaers, Guy ^d   De Witte, Hans ^c  

^a Campus Parnas   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

employee health; health and safety work; human resource management; job content

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751622702     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X10365931     Document Type: Article

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