Worksite segregation and performance-related attitudes

Work and Occupations

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-72

  Dickerson, Niki ^a   Schur, Lisa ^a   Kruse, Douglas ^a   Blasi, Joseph ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Diversity; Gender; Occupational segregation; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952212894     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888409357312     Document Type: Article

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