Age diversity, age discrimination climate and performance consequences-a cross organizational study

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 264-290

  Kunze, Florian ^a   Boehm, Stephan A ^a   Bruch, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 78751617830     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.698     Document Type: Article

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