Determinants of attitudes toward affirmative action in a swiss sample

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 585-611

  Krings, Franciska ^a,c   Tschan, Franziska ^b   Bettex, Sophie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Attitudes; Gender; Prejudice; Self view

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249912912     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-007-9042-0     Document Type: Review

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