Changing roles: Corporate mentoring of black women: A review with implications for practitioners of mental health

International Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 3-18

  McGlowan Fellows, Brenda ^a,d   Thomas, Claudewell S ^b,c  

^a Fellows Corporate Consortium   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBIGUITY; AMBIVALENCE; AUTHORITY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; EDUCATION; EMOTION; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; PARITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGIST; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEACHER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 17944365373     PISSN: 00207411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207411.2004.11043387     Document Type: Review

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