Employment of older workers in polish SMEs: Employer attitudes and perceptions, employee motivations and expectations

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-153

  Zientara, Piotr ^a  

^a Gdansk Higher School of Administration   (Poland)

Author keywords

Age management; HRD; Poland; SME; Work ability maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977756810     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860902764068     Document Type: Article

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