Female leadership advantage and disadvantage: Resolving the contradictions

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Eagly, Alice H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846994333     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2007.00326.x     Document Type: Review

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