The older-worker-younger-supervisor dyad: A test of the reverse pygmalion effect

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-41

  Collins, Mary Hair ^a   Hair Jr , Joseph F ^b   Rocco, Tonette S ^c  

^a Strayer University   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 62749139556     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.20006     Document Type: Article

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