Methodological problems associated with research on unfair discrimination against racial minorities

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 243-258

  Stone, Dianna L ^a,c   Hosoda, Megumi ^b,c   Lukaszewski, Kimberly M ^c,d   Phillips, T Nichole ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Methodological problems; Research artifacts; Unfair discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849096675     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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