A naturalistic observational study of informal segregation: Seating patterns in lectures

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 448-468

  Koen, Jennifer ^a   Durrheim, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Informal segregation; Observational research; Race contact

Indexed keywords

OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RACIAL DISPARITY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77953865537     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916509336981     Document Type: Article

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