Divestment or investment? The contradictions of HRM in relation to older employees

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-66

  Lyon, Phil ^a   Hallier, Jerry ^b   Glover, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0012383534     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.1998.tb00159.x     Document Type: Article

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