Asian Indian Americans in the Bay Area and the glass ceiling

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 119-149

  Fernandez, Marilyn ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040944309     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1389356     Document Type: Article

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