Personality-based stigmas and unfair discrimination in work organizations

Discrimination at Work: The Psychological and Organizational Bases

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 255-280

  Stone Romero, Eugene F ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology   (United States)

^c American Psychological Society   (United States)

^d AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

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EID: 84909033376     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410611567     Document Type: Chapter

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