Just passing through: Stigma, passing, and identity decoupling in the work place

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 504-531

  DeJordy, Rich ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Passing; Social identity; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649115586     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601108324879     Document Type: Article

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