A comparative look at the impact on human resources management of employment equity legislation

Employment Equity and Affirmative Action: An International Comparison

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 70-107

  Taggar, Simon ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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