The Welcoming Workplace: Designing for ageing knowledge workers

Journal of Corporate Real Estate

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 273-285

  Haynes, Barry P ^a   Erlich, Alma ^b   Bichard, JoAnne ^b  

^a Helen Hamlyn Centre ^*

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Human resource management; Office layout; Older workers; Personal needs; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992979576     PISSN: 1463001X     EISSN: 14791048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14630010810925136     Document Type: Article

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