Gender, Race, and the New (Merit-Based) Employment Relationship

Industrial Relations

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 528-562

  Castilla, Emilio J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; ETHNIC MINORITY; GENDER; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RACE; RACIAL DISPARITY; WAGE GAP; WOMENS STATUS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84860229865     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2012.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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