Two things are certain in the contemporary workplace: the aging of employees, and negative attitudes toward them--especially those with disabilities--by younger colleagues and supervisors. Yet related phenomena seem less clear: how do negative stereotypes contribute to discrimination on the job? And how are these stereotypes perceived in legal proceedings?
Bringing theoretical organization to an often unfocused literature, Disability and Aging Discrimination offers research in these areas at the same level of rigor as research into racial and gender discrimination. The book...
Two things are certain in the contemporary workplace: the aging of employees, and negative attitudes toward them--especially those with disabilitie...