Interactions of Gender and Race in Workers' Help Seeking for Personal/Family Problems: Perceptions of Supervisor Support and Intervention

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 156-176

  Hopkins, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 85032070351     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00286302038002002     Document Type: Article

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