Managing workforce diversity for competitiveness The Canadian experience

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 17, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 14-29

  Jain, Harish C ^a   Verma, Anil ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALISATION; LABOUR COMPETITION; LABOUR DIVERSITY; POLICY IMPLICATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0030432314     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437729610127677     Document Type: Article

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