Beyond the business case: A three-pronged approach to equality action

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-19

  Dickens, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85040385361     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.1999.tb00185.x     Document Type: Article

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