Black-white differences in job satisfaction: Evidence from 21 nationwide surveys

Psychological Reports

Volumn 83, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1083-1088

  Weaver, Charles N ^a  

^a ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002341386     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1998.83.3.1083     Document Type: Article

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