Employers and older workers: Attitudes and employment practices

Ageing and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 641-658

  Taylor, Philip ^a   Walker, Alan ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Employers; Employment practices; Exclusion; Institutional ageism; Older workers; Social construction

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032461254     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X98007119     Document Type: Article

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