White hiring agents' organizational practices and out-group hiring

Social Science Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 668-701

  Kmec, Julie A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational practices; Out group hiring; Race sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747376428     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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