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Integrating the German and US perspective on organizational practices for later-life work: The Later Life Work Index

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Integrating the German and US perspective on organizational practices for later-life work: The Later Life Work Index. / Wilckens, Max Reinhard; Wöhrmann, Anne Marit; Adams, Caitlin et al.
Current and emerging trends in aging and work. ed. / Sara J. Czaja; Joseph Sharit; Jacquelyn B. James. 1. ed. Cham: Springer Nature AG, 2020. p. 59-79.

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Harvard

Wilckens, MR, Wöhrmann, AM, Adams, C, Deller, J & Finkelstein, R 2020, Integrating the German and US perspective on organizational practices for later-life work: The Later Life Work Index. in SJ Czaja, J Sharit & JB James (eds), Current and emerging trends in aging and work. 1. edn, Springer Nature AG, Cham, pp. 59-79. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24135-3_4

APA

Wilckens, M. R., Wöhrmann, A. M., Adams, C., Deller, J., & Finkelstein, R. (2020). Integrating the German and US perspective on organizational practices for later-life work: The Later Life Work Index. In S. J. Czaja, J. Sharit, & J. B. James (Eds.), Current and emerging trends in aging and work (1. ed., pp. 59-79). Springer Nature AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24135-3_4

Vancouver

Wilckens MR, Wöhrmann AM, Adams C, Deller J, Finkelstein R. Integrating the German and US perspective on organizational practices for later-life work: The Later Life Work Index. In Czaja SJ, Sharit J, James JB, editors, Current and emerging trends in aging and work. 1. ed. Cham: Springer Nature AG. 2020. p. 59-79 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-24135-3_4

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