Staying in the closet versus coming out: Relationships between communication about sexual orientation and work attitudes

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 147-163

  Day, Nancy E ^a   Schoenrade, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UMKC ^*

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EID: 0031287442     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1997.tb00904.x     Document Type: Article

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