Spotlight on the context: How a stereotype threat framework might help organizations to attract and retain older workers

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 456-461

  Kulik, Carol T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84904889064     PISSN: 17549426     EISSN: 17549434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iops.12180     Document Type: Article

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