HRM practices and low occupational status older workers

Employee Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 339-355

  Hennekam, Sophie ^a   Herrbach, Olivier ^b,c  

^a ESC La Rochelle   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c RENNES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (France)

Author keywords

Employees behaviour; HRM practices; Human resource management; Job commitment; Low occupational status workers; Older employees; Older workers; Perception; Retirement; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877826270     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425451311320512     Document Type: Article

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