"The Content of Our Character": Another Look at Racial Differences in Navy Officer Fitness Reports

Military Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-54

  Johnson, Olenda E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346993968     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327876MP1301_03     Document Type: Article

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