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Dirty work on the COVID-19 frontlines: Exacerbating the situation of marginalized groups in marginalized professions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2021

Maike E. Debus Open the ORCID record for Maike E. Debus [Opens in a new window] ,
Dana Unger  and
Tahira M. Probst
Maike E. Debus*
Affiliation:
Institute of Work and Organizational Psychology, University ofNeuchâtel, Switzerland
Dana Unger
Affiliation:
Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Tahira M. Probst
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, USA
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*Corresponding author. Email: maike.debus@unine.ch
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 14 , Special Issue 1-2: Special Pandemic Issue , June 2021 , pp. 144 - 148
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