The association between psychosocial work environment, attitudes towards older workers (ageism) and planned retirement

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 437-445

  Thorsen, Sannie ^a   Rugulies, Reiner ^a   Løngaard, Katja ^a   Borg, Vilhelm ^a   Thielen, Karsten ^b   Bjorner, Jakob Bue ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age discrimination; Gender differences; Psychosocial work environment; Retirement plans; Work ability

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGEISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREER MOBILITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORK; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGEISM; ATTITUDE; CAREER MOBILITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT; WORK; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84861841668     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-011-0689-5     Document Type: Article

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