Factors that predict work ability: Incorporating a measure of organisational values towards ageing

Promotion of Work Ability Towards Productive Aging - Selected Papers of the 3rd International Symposium on Work Ability

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 45-58

  Palermo, Josephine ^a   Webber, Lynne ^a   Smith, Kaye ^a   Khor, Anne ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISCRIMINATION; BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; CAREER ADVANCEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION; LABOUR FORCE; LACK-OF-FIT; MENTAL HEALTH; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; PUBLIC SECTOR; SKILLS TRAINING; WELLBEING; WORKPLACE CULTURE;

HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84859569927     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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