International perspectives on diversity and equal treatment policies and practices

Handbook of Research on Comparative Human Resource Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 393-415

  Klarsfeld, Alain ^a   Combs, Gwendolyn M ^b   Susaeta, Lourdes ^c   Belizón, María ^c  

^a TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

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EID: 84870735124     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857938718.00023     Document Type: Chapter

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