ManAGEment: The challenges of global age diversity for corporations and governments

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 553-568

  Mahon, John F ^a,b   Millar, Carla C J M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age management; Change management; Demographics; Diversity; International public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921390145     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JOCM-05-2014-0100     Document Type: Article

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