Achieving diversity and reducing discrimination in the workplace through human resource management practices: Implications of research and theory for staffing, training, and rewarding performance

Discrimination at Work: The Psychological and Organizational Bases

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 305-328

  Arthur, Winfred ^a   Doverspike, Dennis ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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EID: 84909436573     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410611567     Document Type: Chapter

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