Human resource practices and discrimination in South Africa: Overcoming the apartheid legacy

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1105-1118

  Horwitz, Frank M ^a   Browning, Victoria ^a   Jain, Harish ^b   Steenkamp, Anton J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Employment equity; Human resource practices; Legislation; Pay practices; Skills development; Unfair discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347997528     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190210131320     Document Type: Article

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