Managing diversity: How organizational efforts to support diversity moderate the effects of perceived racial discrimination on affective commitment

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 817-843

  Triana, María Del Carmen ^a   García, María Fernanda ^b   Colella, Adrienne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78149324198     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2010.01189.x     Document Type: Article

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