Compensating losses in bridge employment? Examining relations between compensation strategies, health problems, and intention to remain at work

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-77

  Müller, Andreas ^a   De Lange, Annet ^b   Weigl, Matthias ^c   Oxfart, Caroline ^b   Van der Heijden, Beatrice ^b,d,e  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Compensation; Older employee; Optimization; Retirement; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877155178     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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