Predictors of the adoption of LGBT-Friendly HR policies

Human Resource Management

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 367-384

  Everly, Benjamin A ^a   Schwarz, Joshua L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Diversity; Gender diversity; Organizational demography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925328480     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21622     Document Type: Article

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