Effective delivery of workplace discipline: Do women have to be more participatory than men?

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 487-513

  Brett, Joan F ^a   Atwater, Leanne E ^a   Waldman, David A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Discipline; Feedback; Gender; Role congruity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444523198     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601104267606     Document Type: Article

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