Gender status beliefs

Social Science Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 618-633

  Rashotte, Lisa Slattery ^a   Webster Jr , Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectations; Gender; Interaction; Social desirability; Status; Status generalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144512075     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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