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Eliminating Discrimination in Organizations: The Role of Organizational Strategy for Diversity Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Benjamín E. Liberman*
Affiliation:
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
*
E-mail: Benjamin.Liberman@opm.gov, Address: U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW, Room 6H21, Washington, DC 20415

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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2013

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