Using task definition to modify racial inequality within task groups

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 525-543

  Goar, Carla ^a   Sell, Jane ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23244460172     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2005.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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