Beyond the business case for diversity in organizations

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 283-292

  O'Leary, Brian J ^a,b   Weathington, Bart L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology/2803 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Changing workforce; Demographics; Diversity; Personnel management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845253613     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10672-006-9024-9     Document Type: Article

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