Why are women penalized for success at male tasks?: The implied communality deficit

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-92

  Heilman, Madeline E ^a   Okimoto, Tyler G ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communal prescriptions; Penalties for success; Prescriptive gender stereotypes; Sex discrimination

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 33846298482     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.1.81     Document Type: Article

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