Managing a culturally diverse workforce: Diversity perspectives in organizations

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-175

  Podsiadlowski, Astrid ^a   Gröschke, Daniela ^c   Kogler, Marina ^a   Springer, Cornelia ^a   van der Zee, Karen ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Austria; Benefits and costs of diversity; Diversity management; Diversity perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875368268     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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