Separating wheat and chaff: age-specific staffing strategies and innovative performance at the firm level;Den Weizen von der Spreu trennen – Altersbezogene Personalpolitik und Innovationen auf der Betriebsebene

Zeitschrift fur Arbeitsmarktforschung

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-338

  Frosch, Katharina ^a   Göbel, Christian ^b   Zwick, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

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EID: 84976347018     PISSN: 18678343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12651-011-0091-5     Document Type: Article

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