Employee age and health

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 336-345

  Ng, Thomas W H ^a   Feldman, Daniel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age discrimination; Health; Job performance; Meta analyses; Older workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887175036     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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