Glass ceilings and glass escalators: Occupational segregation and race and sex differences in managerial promotions

Work and Occupations

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 483-509

  Maume Jr , David J ^a  

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DOI: 10.1177/0730888499026004005     Document Type: Article

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