Age structure of the workforce and firm performance

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 410-422

  Grund, Christian ^a   Westergaard Nielsen, Niels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age groups; Company performance; Demographics; Organizational structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749086840     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720810888553     Document Type: Article

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