Evaluating gender biases on actual job performance of real people: A meta-analysis

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2194-2215

  Bowen, Chieh Chen ^b   Swim, Janet K ^a   Jacobs, Rick R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034288562     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02432.x     Document Type: Article

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