Professional respect for female and male leaders: Influential gender-relevant factors

Women in Management Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-32

  Wolfram, Hans Joachim ^a   Mohr, Gisela ^a   Schyns, Birgit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Gender; Leadership; Sexual discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846440860     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420710726201     Document Type: Article

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