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How bias thwarts successful aging at work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2020

Abby Corrington ,
Linnea C. Ng ,
Cassandra N. Phetmisy Open the ORCID record for Cassandra N. Phetmisy [Opens in a new window] ,
Ivy Watson ,
Felix Y. Wu  and
Mikki Hebl
Abby Corrington
Affiliation:
Providence College
Linnea C. Ng
Affiliation:
Rice University
Cassandra N. Phetmisy*
Affiliation:
Rice University
Ivy Watson
Affiliation:
Rice University
Felix Y. Wu
Affiliation:
Rice University
Mikki Hebl
Affiliation:
Rice University
*
*Corresponding author. Email: cp38@rice.edu
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , September 2020 , pp. 413 - 416
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Abby Corrington, Linnea C. Ng, Cassandra N. Phetmisy, Ivy Watson, and Felix Y. Wu contributed equally, and authorship was determined alphabetically.

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