Development of a Measure of Stereotypical Attitudes towards Older Workers

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 110-118

  Gringart, Eyal ^a   Helmes, Edward ^b   Speelman, Craig ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageism; Attitude; Employment; Older workers; Stereotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875508816     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9544.2011.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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