Understanding diversity managers' role in organizational change: Towards a conceptual framework

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 244-258

  Tatli, Ahu ^b   Özbilgin, Mustafa F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change agency; Diversity management; Praxis; Relational; Situated

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350511637     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjas.107     Document Type: Article

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