Work environment preferences - does age make a difference?

Facilities

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-95

  Rothe, Peggie ^a   Lindholm, Anna Liisa ^a   Hyvönen, Ari ^a   Nenonen, Suvi ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age; Finland; Preference; User studies; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856168020     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632771211194284     Document Type: Article

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