Greenfield recruitment and selection: Implications for the older worker

Personnel Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 331-350

  Hallier, Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee selection; Management control; Older employees; Organizational philosophy; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035634555     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480110385951     Document Type: Article

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