Ethnic diversity at work: An overview of theories and research

The Individual in the Changing Working Life

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 211-232

  Oerlemans, Wido G M ^a   Peeters, Maria C W ^a   Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 62649120829     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511490064.011     Document Type: Chapter

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