Race and workplace integration: A politically mediated process?

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1200-1228

  Stainback, Kevin ^a   Robinson, Corre L ^a   Tomaskovic Devey, Donald ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Civil rights; Inequality; Race; Segregation; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744375794     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764205274816     Document Type: Article

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