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Racism and Sexism in Corporate America

Still Not Color- or Gender-Blind in the 1980s

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Ensuring Minority Success in Corporate Management

Part of the book series: Plenum Studies in Work and Industry ((SSWI))

Abstract

The following comments drawn from the responses of 9,000 employees in 13 companies to surveys conducted in 1984 and 1985 stand in stark contrast to President Reagan’s avowal that America in the 1980’s, is color- and gender-blind.

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  1. Division Manager, Human Resource Forecasting and Planning, AT&T, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, USA

    John P. Fernandez

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  1. Rutgers Graduate School of Management, Newark, New Jersey, USA

    Donna E. Thompson  & Nancy DiTomaso  & 

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Fernandez, J.P. (1988). Racism and Sexism in Corporate America. In: Thompson, D.E., DiTomaso, N. (eds) Ensuring Minority Success in Corporate Management. Plenum Studies in Work and Industry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5517-5_5

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