Racial diversity, is it a blessing to an organization? Examining its organizational consequences in municipal police departments

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 149-164

  Hur, Yongbeom ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crime control performance; diversity management; effects; racial diversity; workforces

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ETHNICITY; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICE FORCE; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 84875302867     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852312467613     Document Type: Article

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