Older-worker-friendly policies and affective organizational commitment

Organisation Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 62-73

  Crowne, Kerri Anne ^a   Cochran, Jeremy ^a   Carpenter, Caryl E ^a  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective organizational commitment; Job satisfaction; Older workers; Older worker friendly organizations; Strain based work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905963417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15416518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15416518.2014.925389     Document Type: Article

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