Organizations' ways of employing early retirees: The role of age-based HR policies

Gerontologist

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 374-383

  Mulders, Jaap Oude ^a,b   Henkens, Kène ^a,c   Schippers, Joop ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bridge employment; Early retirement; Labor market

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; NEIYI KANGFU;

AGED; CAREER MOBILITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RETIREMENT; WORK;

AGED; CAREER MOBILITY; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; RETIREMENT; WORK;

EID: 84943229183     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnt114     Document Type: Article

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