Socially responsible diversity management

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 639-651

  Syed, Jawad ^a   Kramar, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Diversity management; Multicultural organisation; Relational framework; Socially responsible diversity management

Indexed keywords

EID: 71649102317     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.15.5.639     Document Type: Article

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