Getting diversity at work to work: What we know and what we still don't know

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-141

  Guillaume, Yves R F ^a   Dawson, Jeremy F ^b   Woods, Steve A ^a   Sacramento, Claudia A ^a   West, Michael A ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84876450109     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: 20448325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joop.12009     Document Type: Editorial

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