Trade union responses to ageing workforces in the UK and Germany

Human Relations

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-64

  Flynn, Matthew ^a   Upchurch, Martin ^a   Muller Camen, Michael ^a,b   Schroder, Heike ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

age management; institutional theory; older workers; trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872345062     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726712464801     Document Type: Article

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