Organizational diversity, profits and returns in U.S. firms

Problems and Perspectives in Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 69-83

  Weigand, Robert A ^a  

^a WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Diversity; Portfolio performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751507375     PISSN: 17277051     EISSN: 18105467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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