Age Stereotypes and Workplace Age Discrimination: A Framework for Future Research

The Oxford Handbook of Work and Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Posthuma, Richard A ^a   Wagstaff, María Fernanda ^a   Campion, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age discrimination; Age stereotypes; Aging; Older workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901625462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195385052.013.0104     Document Type: Chapter

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