Just Doing Business: Modern Racism and Obedience to Authority as Explanations for Employment Discrimination

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 72-97

  Brief, Arthur P ^d   Dietz, Joerg ^a   Cohen, Robin Reizenstein ^b   Pugh, S Douglas ^d   Vaslow, Joel B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Assessment Solutions Incorporated   (United States)

^c FedEx   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 0001946434     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1999.2867     Document Type: Article

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