The asymmetrical perception of men and women

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-278

  Young, Heather ^a   Van Knippenberg, Ad ^a   Ellemers, Naomi ^b   De Vries, Nanne ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Categorization; Clustering; Gender perceptions; Group status; Information

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645856585     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430299023004     Document Type: Article

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