Taking age out of the workplace: Putting older workers back in?

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-86

  Roberts, Ian ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age discrimination; Inter generational relationships; New capitalism; Older workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745191878     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017006061274     Document Type: Article

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