Why do employees, particularly women, reject occupational pension schemes?

Employee Relations

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 480-494

  Gough, Orla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pensions; Retirement insurance; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986120879     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450410550464     Document Type: Article

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