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CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by Osuva AULIKKI SIPPOLA Essays on Human Resource Management Perspectives on Diversity Management ACTA WASAENSIA No. 180 Business Administration 75 Management and Organization UNIVERSITAS WASAENSIS 2007 Reviewers Professor, Ph.D. (Econ.), M.Sc. (Psych.) Iiris Aaltio School of Business and Economics P.O. Box 35 FI–40014 Jyväskylä University Finland Professor, D.Soc.Sc. Pauli Juuti Lappeenranta University of Technology School of Business P.O. Box 20 FI–53851 Lappeenranta Finland ACTA WASAENSIA 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This dissertation and my research project have been supported by many people and organizations, to whom I would like to express my deep gratitude. Firstly, I wish to thank the official examiners of this dissertation, Professors Iiris Aaltio and Pauli Juuti for providing valuable comments on the manuscript. Secondly, I would like to thank my supervisor, Professor Vesa Suutari for his unwavering support, constructive feedback and encouragement throughout the research process. I would like to thank the co‐authors of this dissertation, Jussi Leponiemi in article one, and Adam Smale in article four. In addition, I wish to thank the members of the research group at the University of Vaasa, Department of Management for their support. I would also like to thank Kimmo Happonen and Adam Smale for proofreading my manuscript and articles. My warmest thanks also go to all interviewed persons and organizations participating in my research project and to Anneli Sintonen, for offering me access to those organizations belonging to the EU/EQUAL‐project ETMO. I hope that this study will be of practical use to organizations for dealing with diversity management issues. I am also very grateful to Professor Pirkko Pitkänen, who encouraged me to start this study within an area just emerging in Finland, and contributing to its inclusion into the Lifelong Learning‐programme of the Academy of Finland. I am also grateful for the generous funding of the following institutions and foundations: The Academy of Finland, The Finnish Work Environment Fund, The Finnish Foundation for Economic and Technology Sciences‐ KAUTE, the Foundation for Economic Education and the Oskar Öflund Foundation. Finally, I owe special thanks, and my deepest appreciation, to my family: my husband Rainer, and children Mats and Inga‐Stina, for their love, patience, flexibility and comfort from the beginning. To my parents, for teaching me Finnish perseverance and optimism, which have carried me forward in life. My warmest thanks go also to the families of my sister, brother and Susu in Canada for their long‐distance support as well as to Sari Hammar‐Suutari for our invaluable discussions. Espoo, June 18th, 2007 Aulikki Sippola
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