Resisting HRD's resistance to diversity

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 565-576

  Bierema, Laura L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equal opportunities; Human resource development; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954859178     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090591011061239     Document Type: Article

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