Challenging ethnic and gender identities: An exploration of UK black professionals’ identity construction

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 332-347

  Atewologun, Doyin ^a   Singh, Val ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black people; Gender; Race; United Kingdom; Work identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986129961     PISSN: 20407149     EISSN: 17587093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02610151011042394     Document Type: Article

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