Impact of Social Networks on the Advancement of Women and Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups

Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the Workplace: Issues and Challenges for Today’s Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 149-166

  Forret, Monica L ^a  

^a ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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