The role of prejudice in the discounting of immigrant skills

Cultural Psychology of Immigrants

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 113-130

  Esses, Victoria M ^a   Dietz, Joerg ^b   Bhardwaj, Arjun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 84925711441     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315820934     Document Type: Chapter

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