The discourse of diversity in unionised contexts: Views from trade union equality officers

Personnel Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-448

  Kirton, Gill ^a   Greene, Anne Marie ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination in employment; Equal opportunities; Social groups; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745444501     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480610670599     Document Type: Review

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