Diversity and employee turnover in the Dutch public sector: Does diversity management make a difference?

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 594-612

  Groeneveld, Sandra ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diversity management; Employee turnover; Ethnicity; Gender; Person environment fit; Public sector; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961087481     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513551111163675     Document Type: Article

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