A Research Note on Age Discrimination and the Desire to Retire: The Mediating Effect of Psychological Empowerment

Research on Aging

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 382-393

  Schermuly, Carsten C ^a   Deller, Jürgen ^b   Büsch, Victoria ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

diversity; early retirement; employment; retirement

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGEISM; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RETIREMENT;

AGED; AGEISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RETIREMENT;

EID: 84898685805     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027513508288     Document Type: Article

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