Racial microaggression experiences and coping strategies of black women in corporate leadership

Qualitative Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 164-180

  Holder, Aisha M B ^a   Jackson, Margo A ^a   Ponterotto, Joseph G ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

career development; coping; phenomenology; professional Black women; racial microaggressions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958152193     PISSN: 23263601     EISSN: 23263598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/qup0000024     Document Type: Article

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