In or out: Job exits of older workers

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-21

  Perera, Sanjeewa ^a   Sardeshmukh, Shruti R ^a   Kulik, Carol T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Employment; Interviews; Job exits; Older workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920278257     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7941.12051     Document Type: Article

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