Evaluating career success of African American males: It's what you know and who you are that matters

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 699-709

  Johnson, C Douglas ^a   Eby, Lillian T ^b  

^a GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; Career success; Relative importance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755171206     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2011.03.021     Document Type: Article

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