Empowering token women leaders the importance of organizationally legitimated credibility

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-222

  Yoder, Janice D ^a   Schleicher, Thomas L ^b   McDonald, Theodore W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032219411     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1998.tb00151.x     Document Type: Article

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