African American women in the workplace: Relationships between job conditions, racial bias at work, and perceived job quality

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 581-599

  Hughes, Diane ^a   Dodge, Mark A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Institutional discrimination; Interpersonal prejudice; Job quality; Racial bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031243540     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024630816168     Document Type: Article

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