Warning! Diversity recruitment could backfire

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 330-336

  Mckay, Patrick F ^a   Avery, Derek R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Racial minority; Recruitment; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144486052     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492605280239     Document Type: Review

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