Perceived Academic Competence and Overall Job Evaluations: Students' Evaluations of African American and European American Professors

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 389-406

  Ho, Arnold K ^a,b   Thomsen, Lotte ^a   Sidanius, Jim ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60049087097     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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