Gender, discrimination beliefs, group-based guilt, and responses to affirmative action for Australian women

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 290-304

  Boeckmann, Robert J ^a   Feather, N T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 34547654121     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2007.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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