Affirmative Action and the Occupational Advancement of Minorities and Women During 1973-2003

Industrial Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-246

  Kurtulus, Fidan Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MINORITY GROUP; OCCUPATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; SKILLED LABOR; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84859971514     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2012.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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