The effects of changing anti-discrimination legal standards on the evaluation of older workers

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Cox, Cody B ^a   Barron, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

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EID: 84871701529     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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