The role of employers opinions about skills and productivity of older workers: Example of Poland

Employee Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 648-664

  Turek, Konrad ^a   Perek Bialas, Jolanta ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Age management; Employers; Older workers; Poland; Productivity; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884737431     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/ER-04-2013-0039     Document Type: Article

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