Organizational knowledge and discourse of diversity in employment

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 348-366

  McVittie, Chris ^a   McKinlay, Andy ^b   Widdicombe, Sue ^b  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversification; Older workers; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849100500     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810810874822     Document Type: Article

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