Effect of workforce age on quantitative and qualitative organizational performance: Conceptual framework and case study evidence

Organization Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1103-1121

  Backes Gellner, Uschi ^a   Schneider, Martin R ^b   Veen, Stephan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^c DISNEY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

age productivity effects; ageing workforce; demographic change; organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052243582     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840611416746     Document Type: Article

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