Effectiveness of Canada's employment equity legislation for women (1997-2004): Implications for policy makers

Relations Industrielles

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 304-326

  Jain, Harish C ^a   Lawler, John J ^b   Bai, Bing ^c   Lee, Eun Kyung ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Employment discrimination; Employment equity; Human rights; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956077224     PISSN: 0034379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/044304ar     Document Type: Article

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