Social support and career optimism: Examining the effectiveness of network groups among black managers

Human Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1155-1177

  Friedman, Ray ^a,b   Kane, Melinda ^a   Cornfield, Daniel B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career; Networks; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038979312     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679805100903     Document Type: Article

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