Psychological and psychosocial predictors of attitudes to working past normal retirement age

Employee Relations

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-268

  Davies, Eleanor ^a   Cartwright, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual psychology; Older workers; Retirement; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955581585     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425451111121768     Document Type: Article

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