Diversity crises: How firms manage discrimination lawsuits

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1103-1118

  James, Erika Hayes ^a   Wooten, Lynn Perry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33846600051     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2006.23478091     Document Type: Article

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