Applicant race, job status, and racial attitude as predictors of employment discrimination

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 259-275

  Stewart, Lathonia Denise ^a   Perlow, Richard ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making bias; Employee selection; Employment discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035604922     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011113301301     Document Type: Article

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