Profiles of mature job seekers: Connecting needs and desires to work characteristics

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-172

  Nakai, Yoshie ^a   Chang, Boin ^a   Snell, Andrea F ^a   Fluckinger, Chris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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EID: 78751630623     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.697     Document Type: Article

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