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Cutting the cord: Good riddance to ineffective DEI programs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2024

Denise Robb  and
Sarah Rana
Denise Robb*
Affiliation:
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA
Sarah Rana
Affiliation:
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA
*
Corresponding author: Denise Robb; Email: dnr2321@jagmail.southalabama.edu
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , December 2024 , pp. 507 - 510
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

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