Managing Diversity as a Proxy for Requisite Variety: Risks in Identity-Conscious Inclusion and Pressures to Conform

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 376-389

  Krefting, Linda A ^a   Kirby, Susan L ^a   Krzystofiak, Frank J ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 84990385602     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105649269764016     Document Type: Article

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