Crossing the Threshold: The Spillover of Community Racial Diversity and Diversity Climate to the Workplace

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 755-787

  Ragins, Belle Rose ^a   Gonzalez, Jorge A ^b   Ehrhardt, Kyle ^a   Singh, Romila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

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EID: 84868306955     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/peps.12001     Document Type: Article

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