Sex and leadership styles: A meta-analysis of research published in the 1990s

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-18

  Van Engen, Marloes L ^a   Willemsen, Tineke M ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; META ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 2342480518     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.1.3-18     Document Type: Article

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