Impact of background characteristics and gender-role attitudes on Chinese perceptions of selection criteria in employment

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-143

  Tang, Catherine So Kum ^a   Au, Winton Wing Tung ^a   Ngo, Hang Yue ^a   Pun, Suk Han ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese gender bias; Chinese selection criteria; Employment gender stereotypes; Employment selection bias; Employment selection criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036053041     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-839X.00100     Document Type: Article

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