Implicit and explicit interethnic attitudes and ethnic discrimination in hiring

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-73

  Blommaert, Lieselotte ^a   van Tubergen, Frank ^a   Coenders, Marcel ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Ethnicity; Implicit; Laboratory; Labour market

Indexed keywords

EID: 82855175123     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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