Fear of success, fear of failure, and the imposter phenomenon among male and female marketing managers

Sex Roles

Volumn 37, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 847-859

  Fried Buchalter, Sharon ^a  

^a Building A ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0039923860     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02936343     Document Type: Article

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