Race to the top of the corporate ladder: What minorities do when they get there

Research in Law and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue , 2009, Pages 237-270

  Carbado, Devon W ^a   Gulati, Mitu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954204543     PISSN: 01935895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0193-5895(2009)0000024013     Document Type: Article

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