Diversity trainer preconceptions: The effects of trainer race and gender on perceptions of diversity trainer effectiveness

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 279-293

  Liberman, Benjamín E ^a   Block, Caryn J ^a   Koch, Sandy M ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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EID: 79961131193     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2011.589327     Document Type: Article

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