Workforce age trends and projections

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Workforce age trends and projections. / Deller, Jürgen; Walwei, Ulrich.
Age and work: Advances in theory, methods, and practice. ed. / Hannes Zacher; Cort W. Rudolph. 1. ed. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. p. 25-43 2 ( SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series).

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Deller, J & Walwei, U 2022, Workforce age trends and projections. in H Zacher & CW Rudolph (eds), Age and work: Advances in theory, methods, and practice. 1 edn, 2, SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, New York, pp. 25-43. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003089674-3

APA

Deller, J., & Walwei, U. (2022). Workforce age trends and projections. In H. Zacher, & C. W. Rudolph (Eds.), Age and work: Advances in theory, methods, and practice (1 ed., pp. 25-43). Article 2 ( SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003089674-3

Vancouver

Deller J, Walwei U. Workforce age trends and projections. In Zacher H, Rudolph CW, editors, Age and work: Advances in theory, methods, and practice. 1 ed. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 2022. p. 25-43. 2. ( SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series). doi: 10.4324/9781003089674-3

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