Looking up to regulations, out at peers or down at the bottom line: How institutional logics affect the prevalence of age-related HR practices

Human Relations

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1373-1395

  Ollier Malaterre, Ariane ^a   McNamara, Tay ^b   Matz Costa, Christina ^b   Pitt Catsouphes, Marcie ^b   Valcour, Monique ^c  

^a NEOMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

age neutral HR management; age related HR practices; ageing; institutional logics; new institutionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880638001     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726713478244     Document Type: Article

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