Diversity and its management as a dialectical process: Encountering Sweden and the U.S.

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 352-362

  Omanović, Vedran ^a  

^a Economics and Law ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Context; Contradiction; Dialectic; Diversity; Diversity management; Praxis; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549117085     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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