"I Know What I'm Doing": The Impact of Gender Stereotypes about Expertise on Task Assignments in Groups

Research on Managing Groups and Teams

Volumn 7, Issue , 2005, Pages 121-141

  Fraidin, Samuel N ^a   Hollingshead, Andrea B ^a  

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EID: 33645858548     PISSN: 15340856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1534-0856(05)07006-4     Document Type: Review

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