The relations between work centrality, psychological contracts, and job attitudes: The influence of age

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-523

  Matthijs Bal, P ^a   Kooij, Dorien ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Job attitudes; Older workers; Psychological contract; Work centrality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960369882     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594321003669079     Document Type: Article

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