Diversity management interventions and organizational performance: A synthesis of current literature

Human Resource Development Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-134

  Foster Curtis, Ellen ^a   Dreachslin, Janice L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Employee development; Human resource management; Interventions; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049084256     PISSN: 15344843     EISSN: 15526712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534484307311700     Document Type: Review

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