Producing change or bagging opportunity? the effects of discrimination litigation on women in supermarket management

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1148-1182

  Skaggs, Sheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 39349091388     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522808     Document Type: Article

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