Racializing the glass escalator: Reconsidering men's experiences with women's work

Gender and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-26

  Wingfield, Adia Harvey ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black men; Glass escalator; Nursing; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149503705     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243208323054     Document Type: Article

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