Getting Older and Getting Happier with Work: An Information-Processing Explanation

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 535-552

  Luchman, Joseph N ^a   Kaplan, Seth A ^a   Dalal, Reeshad S ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Decision making; Job satisfaction; Measurement invariance; Organizational commitment; Positivity effect

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864393079     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9892-8     Document Type: Article

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