Legal-political pressures and African American access to managerial jobs

American Sociological Review

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-244

  Skaggs, Sheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; MODEL; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 65449181028     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240907400204     Document Type: Article

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