Perceiving Discrimination on the Job: Legal Consciousness, Workplace Context, and the Construction of Race Discrimination

Law and Society Review

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-298

  Hirsh, Elizabeth ^a   Lyons, Christopher J ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 77954731220     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2010.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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