Never the right age? Gender and age-based discrimination in employment

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-115

  Duncan, Colin ^a   Loretto, Wendy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age discrimination; Age legislation; Employment; Gendered ageism

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; EQUITY; GENDER RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0742287734     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2004.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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