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Overqualified as a Euphemism for Too Old?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Lisa M. Finkelstein*
Affiliation:
Northern Illinois University
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E-mail: [email protected], Address: Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115

Abstract

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Commentaries
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2011 

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