The costs and opportunities of doing diversity work in mainstream organisations

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-175

  Kirton, Gill ^a   Greene, Anne Marie ^b,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 63849275719     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 09545395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2009.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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