Racial differences on organizational attachment? Structural explanation of attitude differences between White and African American employees

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 702-718

  Kashefi, Mahmoud ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job authority; Job autonomy; Organizational attachment; Race; Workplace socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845729980     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934703261936     Document Type: Article

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