What do the young (old) people think of me? Content and accuracy of age-based metastereotypes

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 633-657

  Finkelstein, Lisa M ^a   Ryan, Katherine M ^b   King, Eden B ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Deloitte Consulting LLP   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age stereotypes; Ageing and work; Metastereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887033070     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2012.673279     Document Type: Article

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