Review of research on age discrimination in the employment interview

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 223-232

  Morgeson, Frederick P ^a   Reider, Matthew H ^b   Campion, Michael A ^c   Bull, Rebecca A ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Reider Research   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age discrimination; Employment interview; Legal issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549144357     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-008-9066-0     Document Type: Article

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