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He is the author of Blacks in White Collar Jobsand various articles on urban sociology and social responsibility in the Journal of the American Institute of Planners, The Review of Religious Research,and America.
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O’Connell, B.J. Secrecy in business. Soc 16, 40–45 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02697800
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