Sex composition, masculinity stereotype dissimilarity and the quality of men's workplace social relations

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 579-604

  Bird, Sharon R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Masculinity stereotype dissimilarity; Sex composition; Work groups; Workplace social relations

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; WORKPLACE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242349663     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0432.00212     Document Type: Article

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