'They are more like us': The salience of ethnicity in the global workplace of Korean transnational corporations

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-94

  Kim, Jo H ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Ethnic identity; Ethnic solidarity; Korean American; Second generation

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0842344516     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141987032000147940     Document Type: Article

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