Successful aging at work: The role of job crafting

Aging Workers and the Employee-Employer Relationship

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 145-161

  Kooij, Dorien T A M ^a   Tims, Maria ^b   Kanfer, Ruth ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84942608759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-08007-9_9     Document Type: Chapter

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