Sustainability and the ageing workforce: Considerations with regard to the German car manufacturing industry

Creating Sustainable Work Systems: Developing Social Sustainability: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 70-83

  Weichel, Julia ^a   Buch, Markus ^b   Urban, Dirk ^a   Frieling, Ekkehart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 84918929307     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203890028     Document Type: Chapter

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