Moving beyond gender to discover differences in sensitivity to disempowering acts: An examination of the role of social context

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 598-620

  Young, Angela M ^a   Vance, Charles M ^b   Harris, Claudia ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disempowerment; Ethnic identity; Gender identity; Perceived offensiveness; Social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548409054     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601106291114     Document Type: Article

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