The Influence of Social Status on Token Women Leaders' Expectations About Leading Male-Dominated Groups

Sex Roles

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 401-409

  McDonald, Theodore W ^a   Toussaint, Loren L ^b   Schweiger, Jennifer A ^c  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Leadership; Status; Tokenism

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142713868     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:sers.0000018894.96308.52     Document Type: Review

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