Organizational variation in formal equal employment opportunity structures

Sociological Forum

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-75

  Kmec, Julie A ^a   Skaggs, Sheryl L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Equal employment; Hospitals; Labor; Organizational variation; Organizations; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349102565     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2008.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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