A Review of Aging Theories and Modern Work Perspectives

The Oxford Handbook of Work and Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Baltes, Boris B ^a   Rudolph, Cort W ^b   Bal, Anne C ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological theories of aging; Expectations; Identification with working; Meaning of working; Older workers; Psychological theories of aging; Rewards; Sociological theories of aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923430618     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195385052.013.0069     Document Type: Chapter

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