Task performance among employees above age 65: The role of cognitive functioning and job demand-control

Work, Aging and Retirement

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 296-308

  Müller, Andreas ^a   De Lange, Annet ^b,c,d   Weigl, Matthias ^e   Van der Heijden, Beatrice ^c,f   Ackermans, Jorn ^c   Wilkenloh, Julia ^g  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^g TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84979683690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20544650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/workar/wav001     Document Type: Article

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