The gender-ethnicity construct in public relations organizations: Using feminist standpoint theory to discover Latinas' realities

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 291-311

  Pompper, Donnalyn ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gender; Hispanic; Latina; Organizations; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448951192     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170701653669     Document Type: Article

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