The dynamics of employee relationships in an ethnically diverse workforce

Human Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 379-407

  Ogbonna, Emmanuel ^a   Harris, Lloyd C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Equal opportunities; Ethnic minorities; Language problems; Managing diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645404129     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726706064181     Document Type: Article

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