Sex Differences in Perceived Weight-Based Employment Discrimination When Weight Discrimination is Illegal

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 159-176

  Roehling, Mark V ^a   Roehling, Patricia V ^b   Wagstaff, Maria Fernanda ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Employer responsibilities; Weight discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881028655     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10672-013-9217-y     Document Type: Article

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