Ageism at Work: What Happens to Older Workers Who Benefit from Preferential Treatment?
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* Caroline Iweins, Donatienne Desmette, & Vincent Yzerbyt, Institute of Psychological Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain. This research is supported by a Special Research Fund (FSR) of the Université catholique de Louvain to Donatienne Desmette. We would like to thank Florence Stinglhamber, Evelyne Leonard, and Patrick Lemaire for their helpful comments and suggestions on an earlier version of this manuscript. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Caroline Iweins, Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Psychological Sciences, CIRTES / CECOS, Place du Cardinal Mercier 10, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve. E-mail: [email protected] AGEISM AT WORK: WHAT HAPPENS TO OLDER WORKERS WHO BENEFIT FROM PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT?
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تاریخ انتشار 2013