Token majority: The work attitudes of male flight attendants

Sex Roles

Volumn 45, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 299-319

  Young, Joana L ^a   James, Erika Hayes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035457176     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014305530335     Document Type: Article

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