The Diversity Quality Cycle: Driving culture change through innovative governance

AI and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 399-416

  Rachele, Jude Smith ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Diversity; Employee engagement; Equality; Governance; Quality circles; Workplace democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864347557     PISSN: 09515666     EISSN: 14355655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00146-012-0381-7     Document Type: Article

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