Asian Americans and workplace discrimination: The interplay between sex of evaluators and the perception of social skills

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 310-326

  Lai, Lei ^a   Babcock, Linda C ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Competence; Discrimination; Glass ceiling; Race; Sex; Social skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875589767     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1799     Document Type: Article

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