Age at work : the discursive construction of age and the older worker
This research uses discourse analysis to explore constructions of age and the older worker in job search websites. These were identified on a Government website, Age Positive, a central location of age policy. The seemingly objective and factual nature of age and the older worker is ideal for scepti...
Main Author: | Whiting, Catherine Rebecca |
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Birkbeck (University of London)
2012
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Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.681233 |
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