The ethnic, race, and gender gaps in workplace authority: Changes over time in the United States

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-45

  Mintz, Beth ^a   Krymkowski, Daniel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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EID: 74549197581     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2009.01165.x     Document Type: Article

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