Organisation-level policy towards older workers in Poland

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Perek Bialas, Jolanta ^a,b   Turek, Konrad ^b  

^a WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Age management; Employers; Labour market activity; Older workers; Poland; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865627098     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2012.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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