How Affirmative Action Became Diversity Management: Employer Response to Antidiscrimination Law, 1961 to 1996

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 960-984

  Kelly, Erin ^a   Dobbin, Frank ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032219999     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764298041007008     Document Type: Article

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