Now you see it, now you don′t: Mixed messages regarding workforce diversity

Diversity Resistance in Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 221-248

  Avery, Derek R ^a   Douglas Johnson, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Georgia Gwinett College   (United States)

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EID: 84920467299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809761     Document Type: Chapter

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