Diversity initiative effectiveness: What organizations can (and cannot) expect from diversity recruitment, diversity training, and formal mentoring programs

Diversity at Work

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 265-317

  Kulik, Carol T ^a   Roberson, Loriann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 84926958766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511753725.010     Document Type: Chapter

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