Forever productive: The discursive shaping of later life workers in contemporary Canadian newspapers

Work

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 377-389

  Rudman, Debbie Laliberte ^a   Molke, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discourse; Governmentality; Occupation; Productive aging

Indexed keywords

AGED WORKER; AGEISM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREER PLANNING; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; PENSION; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; RETIREMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE;

AGING; BIBLIOMETRICS; CANADA; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEWSPAPERS; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 65649121575     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2009-0850     Document Type: Article

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