Black applicants' reactions to affirmative action plans: Influence of perceived procedural fairness, anticipated stigmatization, and anticipated remediation of previous injustice

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2437-2472

  Slaughter, Jerel E ^a   Bulger, Carrie A ^b   Bachiochi, Peter D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644500806     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02110.x     Document Type: Article

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