Revealing a Master Narrative: Discourses of Retirement Throughout the Working Life Cycle

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 453-478

  Smith, Frances L M ^a   Dougherty, Debbie S ^b  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

master narrative; retirement; social class; work life cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864705348     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318912438687     Document Type: Article

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