The aging workforce: Individual, organizational and societal opportunities and challenges

The SAGE Handbook of Aging, Work and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-20

  Burke, Ronald J ^a   Cooper, Cary L ^b   Field, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84940731820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446269916.n1     Document Type: Chapter

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