Sectarianism in the Northern Ireland workplace

International Journal of Conflict Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-65

  Dickson, David ^a   Hargie, Owen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee relations; Equal opportunities; Northern Ireland; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047250469     PISSN: 10444068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10444060610734172     Document Type: Article

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