Social Stigma and Leadership: A Long Climb Up a Slippery Ladder

Leadership at the Crossroads: Volume 1 - Volume 3

Volumn 1-3, Issue , 2008, Pages 165-180

  Hoyt, Crystal L ^a   Chemers, Martin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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