Employment equity and diversity management in South Africa

International Handbook on Diversity Management at Work: Country Perspectives on Diversity and Equal Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 218-243

  Booysen, Lize A E ^a   Nkomo, Stella M ^b  

^a Antioch University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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