Age discrimination in the workplace: Validation of the Nordic Age Discrimination Scale (NADS)

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-30

  Furunes, Trude ^a   Mykletun, Reidar J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ageing; Ageism; NADS; Nordic Age Discrimination Scale; Older workers; Validation

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB SATISFACTION; NORWAY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKPLACE;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; NORWAY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 74349093931     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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