I'll take care of you: The use of supportive work practices to retain older workers

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 272-291

  Mountford, Hélène ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care facilities; Older workers; Retention; Supportive HR work practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896901443     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7941.2012.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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