Diversity Policies in Public and Private Sector Organizations: An Empirical Comparison of Incidence and Effectiveness

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 353-381

  Groeneveld, Sandra ^a   Verbeek, Stijn ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

affirmative action and equal employment opportunity; diversity; diversity management; ethnic minorities; sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869045530     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X11421497     Document Type: Article

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