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Depoliticizing DEI: Path to fulfillment of its core values and effective implementation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2024

Hwayeon Myeong*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Sciences, Rice University, Houston, USA

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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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