Minority accountants' views on gender and race biases, career limitations and suggestions for undergraduate educational institutions

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 163-187

  Weisenfeld, Leslie ^a   Robinson Backmon, Ida ^b  

^a WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Career limitations; Gender; Minority; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042740471     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-5751(01)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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