Who is at greatest risk of work-related discrimination - women, blacks, or homosexuals?

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-26

  Crow, Stephen M ^a   Fok, Lillian Y ^b   Hartman, Sandra J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Employment discrimination; Homosexuals; Minorities; Women; Workplace discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649084173     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027319915725     Document Type: Article

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