Social position, work stress, and retirement intentions: A study with older employees from 11 European countries

European Sociological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 792-802

  Wahrendorf, Morten ^a   Dragano, Nico ^b   Siegrist, Johannes ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84866154463     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcs058     Document Type: Article

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