Fear of job loss: Racial/Ethnic Differences in Privileged Occupations

Du Bois Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 357-374

  Wilson, George ^a   Mossakowski, Krysia ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequality; Occupations; Perceived Insecurity; Race; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956349734     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X09990221     Document Type: Article

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