A praxis and research agenda for multicultural human services organizations

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-52

  Nagda, Biren A ^a   Gutierrez L M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Empowerment; Multicultural organizations; Organization development; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347646746     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2397.00107     Document Type: Article

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