Stereotype threat and feedback seeking in the workplace

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 176-188

  Roberson, Loriann ^a   Deitch, Elizabeth A ^b   Brief, Arthur P ^b   Block, Caryn J ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback seeking; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037320418     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-8791(02)00056-8     Document Type: Article

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