Race, Performance, Pay, and Retention Among National Basketball Association Head Coaches

Journal of Sports Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-149

  Kahn, Lawrence M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

Author keywords

discrimination; professional basketball

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990330550     PISSN: 15270025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527002505276723     Document Type: Article

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