Does it pay to be a sexist? The relationship between modern sexism and career outcomes

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 524-537

  Watkins, Marla Baskerville ^a   Kaplan, Seth ^b   Brief, Arthur P ^a   Shull, Amanda ^c   Dietz, Joerg ^d   Mansfield, Marie Therese ^c   Cohen, Robin ^e  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

Advice; Career outcomes; Discrimination; Diversity; Group; Groups; Modern sexism; Neosexism; Network; Prejudice; Promotions; Sexist; Subtle; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750699924     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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