The dilemmas of workplace discrimination

Discrimination at Work: The Psychological and Organizational Bases

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 425-462

  Dipboye, Robert L ^a,b,c,d   Colella, Adrienne ^b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c Society of Organizational Behavior   (United States)

^d American Psychological Society   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410611567     Document Type: Chapter

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