Gender typing of the successful manager - A stereotype reconsidered

Sex Roles

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 385-391

  Willemsen, Tineke M ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

gender stereotypes; gender typing; managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036390648     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020409429645     Document Type: Article

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