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In Shouts and Whispers: Paradoxes Facing Women of Colour in Organizations

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This paper draws attention to issues of race and gender and their intersections. The choices faced by women of colour are framed as a series of paradoxes that need to be acknowledged, if not resolved. The implications of a paradoxical perspective for research on race and gender are explored.

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  1. Schulich School of Business, York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario, M3J 1PS, Canada

    Rekha Karambayya

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Karambayya, R. In Shouts and Whispers: Paradoxes Facing Women of Colour in Organizations. Journal of Business Ethics 16, 891–897 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017983119599

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