Concealable Stigma and Occupational Segregation: Toward a Theory of Gay and Lesbian Occupations

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 446-481

  Tilcsik, András ^a   Anteby, Michel ^b   Knight, Carly R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gay and lesbian workers; occupational segregation; sexual orientation; social perceptiveness; stigma; task independence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938574677     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001839215576401     Document Type: Article

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