Older employees’ desired retirement age: a JD-R perspective

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 34-49

  Frins, Wiel ^a   van Ruysseveldt, Joris ^a   van Dam, Karen ^a   van den Bossche, Seth N J ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservation of resources theory; Dedication; Desired retirement age; Emotional exhaustion; Job demands resources model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956598578     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMP-05-2013-0133     Document Type: Article

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