Leveraging diversity through a psychological perspective on managing innovation in a diverse workplace

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-296

  Miedema, Joost ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diversity; Innovation; Knowledge management; Social psychology; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953181833     PISSN: 14656612     EISSN: 17415160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHRDM.2010.033588     Document Type: Article

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