International employment discrimination: A review of legal issues, human impacts, and organizational implications

Discrimination at Work: The Psychological and Organizational Bases

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 379-408

  Chao, Georgia T ^a,b,c   Nguyen, Hannah Hanh D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology   (United States)

^c AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

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EID: 35648998701     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410611567     Document Type: Chapter

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