National institutions and employers' age management practices in Britain and Germany: 'Path dependence' and option exploration

Human Relations

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 507-530

  Muller Camen, Michael ^a   Croucher, Richard ^a   Flynn, Matt ^a   Schröder, Heike ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

age diversity; comparative HRM; Germany; industrial relations; institutional theory; older workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953719400     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726710396246     Document Type: Article

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