Tenure, race/ethnicity and attitudes toward affirmative action: A matter of self-interest?

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 783-796

  Niemann, Yolanda Flores ^a   Dovidio, John F ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039449821     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1389670     Document Type: Article

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