Coping with ethnic stereotypes in the academic domain: Perceived injustice and psychological disengagement

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-111

  Schmader, Toni ^b   Major, Brenda ^a   Gramzow, Richard H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 0035019785     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-4537.00203     Document Type: Article

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