The impact of anticipated consequences, respondent group, and strength of affirmative action plan on affirmative action attitudes

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 361-391

  Kravitz, David A ^a   Bludau, Tiffany M ^a   Klineberg, Stephen L ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Race differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749127767     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601108318655     Document Type: Article

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