Colorful window dressing: A critical review on workplace diversity in three major American corporations

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-446

  Marques, Joan F ^a  

^a WOODBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650089058     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.20045     Document Type: Article

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