Black mobility in white corporations: Up the corporate ladder but out on a limb

Social Problems

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-67

  Collins, Sharon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0009412338     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3096873     Document Type: Article

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