Managing workforce diversity as an essential resource for improving organizational performance

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 521-531

  Aghazadeh, Seyed Mahmoud ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equal opportunities; Human resource management; Organizational performance; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992948029     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400410556183     Document Type: Article

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