The relationship among reported disclosure of sexual orientation, anti-discrimination policies, top management support and work attitudes of gay and lesbian employees

Personnel Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 346-363

  Day, Nancy E ^a   Schoenrade, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Discrimination; Employee attitudes; Human resource management; Management attitudes; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034422906     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480010324706     Document Type: Article

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