Bias in white: A longitudinal natural experiment measuring changes in discrimination

Management Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 660-677

  Rubineau, Brian ^a   Kang, Yoon ^b  

^a and History   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Education systems; Effectiveness performance; Healthcare; Organizational studies; Professional; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION SYSTEMS; EFFECTIVENESS-PERFORMANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES; PROFESSIONAL; TREATMENT;

EXPERIMENTS; HEALTH CARE;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84861375735     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1439     Document Type: Article

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