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THE INFLUENCES OF GENDER, RACE AND ETHNICITY ON WORKPLACE EXPERIENCES OF INSTITUTIONAL AND SOCIAL ISOLATION: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF UNIVERSITY FACULTY

Janice Witt Smith Department of Business Administration, School of Business and Economics, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Toni Calasanti Department of Sociology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 307-334 | Published online: 24 Feb 2007

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