Women and Minorities in School Administration

Abstract

This article describes two new forms of employment discrimination that can be found at the informal job contact level and suggests that the use of informal job contacts continues to be a major employment barrier for women and people of color. The study is revealing in a number of other ways important to researchers interested in women's issues. One finding, for example, is that no statistically significant differences exist between White women, African-American women, and men in how they learn about job opportunities. However, when the job search behavior of women and Blacks is compared to that of White males, statistically significant differences can be found between the two groups.

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