Achieving diversity in the workplace: Canada's employment equity act and members of visible minorities

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 299-321

  Leck, Joanne D ^a   Saunders, David M ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84979874160     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900699608525097     Document Type: Article

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