Discrimination, labour markets and the labour market prospects of older workers: What can a legal case teach us?

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 417-437

  Weller, Sally A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Discrimination; Flight attendants; Older workers; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548550634     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017007080006     Document Type: Article

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