Motivating Employees to Work Beyond Retirement: A Multi-Level Study of the Role of I-Deals and Unit Climate

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 306-331

  Matthijs Bal, P ^a   de Jong, Simon B ^b   Jansen, Paul G W ^c   Bakker, Arnold B ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accommodative climate; Development climate; Development I deals; Flexibility I deals; Motivation to continue working; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856720704     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2011.01026.x     Document Type: Article

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