The relation between political ideology and attitudes toward affirmative action among African-Americans: The moderating effect of racial discrimination in the workplace

Human Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 561-583

  Fried, Yitzhak ^a   Levi, Ariel S ^a   Billings, Steven W ^b   Browne, Kingsley R ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NCS London House   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Attitudes; Discrimination; Egalitarianism; Ideology; Individualism; Racial discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041026839     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726701545002     Document Type: Article

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