Managing Racial Diversity: Matching Internal Strategies with Environmental Needs

Public Administration Review

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 69-81

  Amirkhanyan, Anna A ^a   Holt, Stephen B ^b   McCrea, Austin M ^a   Meier, Kenneth J ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85050871269     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/puar.12977     Document Type: Article

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