Perceptions of women's power as a function of position within an organization

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 515-526

  Ledet, Laura M ^a   Henley, Tracy B ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN;

EID: 0039849232     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980009598233     Document Type: Article

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