Last resort employees: Older workers’ perceptions of workplace discrimination

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-389

  Billett, Stephen ^a   Dymock, Darryl ^a   Johnson, Greer ^a   Martin, Greg ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age bias; Employability; Employer bias; Employer support; Older workers; Older workers and work; Sustaining work capacities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859875332     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678868.2011.601571     Document Type: Article

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