Investigation of subjective age in the work context: study of a sample of French workers

Personnel Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 372-395

  Rioux, Liliane ^a   Mokounkolo, René ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Age groups; Age identity; Attitudes; Employees behaviour; France; French salaried workers; Older workers; Subjective age at work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878874661     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/PR-01-2011-0009     Document Type: Article

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