African American administrators at PWIs: Enablers of and barriers to career success

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 235-251

  Gardner, Levester ^a   Gregory Barrett, T ^b   Carolyn Pearson, L ^b  

^a HARDING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrator; African American; barriers; career; success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925659741     PISSN: 19388926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038317     Document Type: Article

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