Racial prototypicality, affirmative action, and hiring decisions in a multiracial world

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-173

  Colarelli, Stephen M ^a   Poole, Debra A ^a   Unterborn, Kate ^a   D'Souza, Geeta C ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954116619     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: 14682389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2010.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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