Employee age and performance in organizations

Aging and Work in The 21st Century

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 109-138

  Cleveland, Jeanette N ^a   Lim, Audrey S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203936948     Document Type: Chapter

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