The diffusion of diversity management: The case of France

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 363-373

  Klarsfeld, Alain ^a  

^a TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Business case; Coercive process; Discrimination; Diversity; France; Institutional approach; Voluntary process

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549132525     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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