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Successful aging at work: reflections on alpha, beta, and gamma change for older workers and the 2020 SIOP workforce trends

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2020

Deborah A. Olson
Affiliation:
University of La Verne
Kenneth S. Shultz*
Affiliation:
California State University, San Bernardino
*
*Corresponding author. Email: ken.shultz@csusb.edu

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