When visibility hurts and helps: How intersections of race and gender shape black professional men's experiences with tokenization

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 483-490

  Wingfield, Adia Harvey ^a   Wingfield, John Harvey ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

African american; Gender; Race; Tokenization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; OCCUPATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REINFORCEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPY; VISIBILITY; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKPLACE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925787142     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035761     Document Type: Article

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