Adaptation and assimilation: US business responses to linguistic diversity in the workplace

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 282-302

  Dicker, Susan J ^a  

^a HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0040131331     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434639808666357     Document Type: Article

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