The development and implementation of a diversity management curriculum: Organizational change through exploration and exploitation

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 590-603

  Danowitz, Mary Ann ^a   Hanappi Egger, Edeltraud ^a   Hofmann, Roswitha ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Business schools; Curriculum development; Equal opportunities; Europe; Gender; Organizational change; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350302305     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540910990825     Document Type: Article

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