Managing sexual orientation diversity: The impact on firm value

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 602-625

  Johnston, Derek ^a   Malina, Mary A ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Event study; Organizational performance; Sexual orientation diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649115088     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601108321833     Document Type: Article

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