Exploring Organizational Barriers to Diversity: A Case Study of the New York State Education Department

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-263

  Rangarajan, Nandhini ^a   Black, Tamika ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

barriers to diversity; diversity; organizational behavior; organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249143911     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X06296203     Document Type: Article

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