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Counteracting the threats to DEI: The answer is accountability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2024

Cody B. Cox  and
Michelle N. Nguyen
Cody B. Cox
Affiliation:
St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX, USA
Michelle N. Nguyen*
Affiliation:
University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
*
Corresponding author: Michelle Nguyen; Email: Michelle.nguyen@my.utsa.edu
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , December 2024 , pp. 486 - 489
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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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