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Neo-Activism: Engaging Allies in Modern Workplace Discrimination Reduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Isaac E. Sabat ,
Larry R. Martinez  and
Jennifer L. Wessel
Isaac E. Sabat*
Affiliation:
George Mason University
Larry R. Martinez
Affiliation:
The Pennsylvania State University
Jennifer L. Wessel
Affiliation:
The University of Akron
*
E-mail: Martinez@psu.edu, Address: School of Hospitality Management, The Pennsylvania State University, 220 Mateer Building, University Park, PA 16802
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , December 2013 , pp. 480 - 485
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2013

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