Tackling age discrimination in employment in Singapore

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 813-831

  Debrah, Yaw A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employers; Labour market; Myths and stereotypes; Older workers; Retirement; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040530490     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585199600000157     Document Type: Article

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