African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4194

Full Length Research Paper

Diversity management discourse: An African perspective

Loliya Akobo
  • Loliya Akobo
  • Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom.
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Osikwemhe Damisah
  • Osikwemhe Damisah
  • School of Business and Enterprise, University of the West of Scotland, Hamilton Campus, UK
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  •  Received: 12 April 2017
  •  Accepted: 26 February 2018
  •  Published: 14 July 2018

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