Environmental factors and the effectiveness of workforce diversity training

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-124

  Hanover, Jeanne M B ^a   Cellar, Douglas F ^b  

^a President of Hanover Partners Inc   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039808481     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.3920090203     Document Type: Article

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