Race, gender, and workplace power

American Sociological Review

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 365-386

  Elliott, James R ^a   Smith, Ryan A ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; GENDER DISPARITY; RACE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 4143057034     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240406900303     Document Type: Article

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