Women in procrustean beds: Strength testing and the workplace

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 156-167

  Messing, Karen ^a   Stevenson, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 1842354341     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.1996.tb00056.x     Document Type: Review

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