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Composition of the Workplace and Psychological Well-Being

The Effects of Tokenism on America's Black Elite

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ID2557209
AuthorsPamela Jackson (0000-0002-9629-8651, Duke University, corresponding author), Pamela Braboy Jackson (0009-0006-2514-087X), P A Thoits (0000-0001-7025-6368, Vanderbilt University), Howard F Taylor (Princeton University)
Year1995
Volume74
Issue2
Pages543
Publication date1995-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Forces (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2580491
OpenAlexW4249825179
LanguageEN
Citations received51

Journal Article Composition of the Workplace and Psychological Well-Being: The Effects of Tokenism on America's Black Elite Get access Pamela Braboy Jackson, Pamela Braboy Jackson Duke University Direct all correspondence to Pamela Braboy Jackson, Duke University, Department of Sociology, Box 90088, Durham, NC 27708-0088. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Peggy A. Thoits, Peggy A. Thoits Vanderbilt University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Howard F. Taylor Howard F. Taylor Princeton University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 74, Issue 2, December 1995, Pages 543–557, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/74.2.543 Published: 01 December 1995

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Citations per year1,89
Citation span1999 - 2026 (28)
Citation velocitycurrent
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