The LGBT advantage: Examining the relationship among sexual orientation diversity, diversity strategy, and performance

Sport Management Review

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 453-461

  Cunningham, George B ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Performance; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055105902     PISSN: 14413523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smr.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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