A case for sexual orientation diversity management in small and large organizations

Human Resource Management

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 637-654

  Day, Nancy E ^a   Greene, Patricia G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity management; Sexual orientation; Small companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 51549088680     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20235     Document Type: Article

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