Age, discrimination, and achievement motives: A study of German employees

Personnel Review

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 448-467

  Rabl, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age discrimination; Germany; Motivation (psychology); Older workers; Organizational behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953576218     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483481011045416     Document Type: Article

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