Employees, employers and the institutions of work: The global competition for terrain in the ageing workforce agenda

Foresight

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-36

  Jorgensen, Bradley ^a   Taylor, Philip ^b  

^a Infohrm Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demographics; Globalization; Government policy; Human capital; Older workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749149112     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680810856008     Document Type: Article

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