Edging towards managing diversity in practice

Employee Relations

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 468-482

  Maxwell, Gillian A ^a   Blair, Sharon ^a   Mcdougall, Marilyn ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equal opportunities; Management; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986149629     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450110405161     Document Type: Article

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