Workplace diversity and group relations: An overview

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-466

  Christian, Julie N ^a   Porter, Lyman W ^b   Moffitt, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Intergroup relations; Intragroup relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749627322     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430206068431     Document Type: Review

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