Beyond the Business Case: An Ethical Perspective of Diversity Training

Human Resource Management

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-74

  Jones, Kristen P ^a   King, Eden B ^a   Nelson, Johnathan ^b   Geller, David S ^a   Bowes Sperry, Lynn ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ethics; Justice; Training and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872874279     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21517     Document Type: Article

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