The impact of the shifting pensions landscape on the psychological contract

Personnel Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-184

  Gough, Orla ^a   Arkani, Sepideh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employees; Employers; Pensions; Psychological contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551496284     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483481111106066     Document Type: Review

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