Responding to group-based discrimination: The impact of social structure on willingness to engage in mentoring

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 319-335

  Hersby, Mette D ^a   Jetten, Jolanda ^b   Ryan, Michelle K ^a   Schmitt, Michael T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

legitimacy of discrimination; mentoring; perceived discrimination; social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955676307     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430210384417     Document Type: Article

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