Trade unions and equality and diversity

Handbook of Workplace Diversity

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 489-510

  Greene, Anne Marie ^a   Kirton, Gill ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Business Management   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84952047345     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781848608092.n21     Document Type: Chapter

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