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The unequal burden of DEI bans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2024

Lindsay Y. Dhanani*
Affiliation:
School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
David F. Arena Jr.
Affiliation:
College of Business, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
Sean M. Bogart
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
*
Corresponding author: Lindsay Y. Dhanani; Email: [email protected]

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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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