Age discrimination: Converging evidence from four australian studies

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 125-134

  Bennington, Lynne ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age discrimination; Antidiscrimination legislation; Australia; Recruitment and selection; Recruitment consultants

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244480043     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014911816746     Document Type: Article

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