Teacher Recruitment: A Test of the Similarity-Attraction Hypothesis for Race and Sex

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-106

  Young, I Phillip ^a   Place, A William ^a   Rinehart, James S ^a   Jury, James C ^a   Baits, David F ^a  

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EID: 0010138477     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X97033001005     Document Type: Article

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