The malleability of race in organizational teams: A theory of racial status activation

Status in Management and Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 238-266

  Thomas Hunt, Melissa C ^a   Phillips, Katherine W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511760525.015     Document Type: Chapter

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