An empirical study of older workers’ attitudes towards the retirement experience

Employee Relations

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 330-346

  Lim, Vivien K G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Older workers; Retirement; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986135365     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450310483361     Document Type: Article

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