Retention of older workers: Impact of Managers' age norms and stereotypes

European Sociological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1323-1335

  Karpinska, Kasia ^a,b   Henkens, Kène ^b,c   Schippers, Joop ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84890742025     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jct017     Document Type: Article

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