Reconciling competing discourses of diversity? The UK non-profit sector between social justice and the business case

Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-121

  Tomlinson, Frances ^a   Schwabenland, Christina ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Equality; Managing diversity; Non profit organizations; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149094507     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508409350237     Document Type: Article

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