Managing older worker training: A literature review and conceptual framework

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1040-1062

  Liu, Su Fen ^a   Courtenay, Bradley C ^b   Valentine, Thomas ^b  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84863367662     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601277.2010.500576     Document Type: Article

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