Assessing the role of gender in college students' evaluations of faculty

Communication Education

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-210

  Bachen, Christine M ^a   McLoughlin, Moira M ^b   Garcia, Sara S ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Faculty evaluations; Faculty gender; Gender; Gender schema; Instruction; Sex roles; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033470695     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634529909379169     Document Type: Article

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