Two routes to managing diversity: Individual differences or social group characteristics

Employee Relations

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-26

  Liff, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002597734     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459710163552     Document Type: Article

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