Pride and prejudice: Employment discrimination against openly gay men in the United States

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 586-626

  Tilcsik, András ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CIVIL RIGHTS; DISCLOSURE; EMPLOYMENT; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053547872     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661653     Document Type: Article

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