The female leadership advantage: An evaluation of the evidence

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 807-834

  Eagly, Alice H ^a   Carli, Linda L ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Leadership style; Meta analysis; Prejudice; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345659237     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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