Prejudice against women in male-congenial environments: Perceptions of gender role congruity in leadership

Sex Roles

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 51-61

  Garcia Retamero, Rocio ^a   López Zafra, Esther ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Causal attributions; Gender; Gender identity; Leadership; Prejudice; Role congruity; Sex; Transformational leadership; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845460252     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9068-1     Document Type: Article

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