Managers' perceptions of older workers in british hotels

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-72

  Jenkins, Andrew ^a   Poulston, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Employment; Equal opportunities; Hotels; Older workers; Sterotyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890499445     PISSN: 20407149     EISSN: 17587093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EDI-10-2012-0096     Document Type: Review

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