Managing knowledge exchange and identification in age diverse teams

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 950-972

  Ellwart, Thomas ^a   Bündgens, Silke ^a   Rack, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age groups; Managerial psychology; Organizational behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889053450     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMP-06-2013-0181     Document Type: Article

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