Gender stereotypes and the attribution of leadership traits: A cross-cultural comparison

Sex Roles

Volumn 51, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 631-645

  Sczesny, Sabine ^a   Bosak, Janine ^a   Neff, Daniel ^a   Schyns, Birgit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross cultural psychology; Gender role attitudes; Leadership; Self perception; Stereotyped attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844298925     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-004-0715-0     Document Type: Article

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