Effects of human resource diversity management on organizational citizen behaviour in the Chinese context

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2156-2172

  Shena, Jie ^a   D'Netto, Brian ^b   Tang, Jiong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c School of Foreign Language   (China)

Author keywords

China; Diversity management; Effects of diversity management; Human resource diversity management; Off farm migrants; Organizational citizen behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957794067     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.509622     Document Type: Article

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