Filtering diversity: A global corporation struggles with race, class, and gender in employment policy

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 307-341

  Poster, Winifred R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Diversity; Gender; Globalization; Labor; Multinational corporation; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749100490     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764208323509     Document Type: Article

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