Student ratings of a male and female professors' lecture on sex discrimination in the workforce

Sex Roles

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 173-180

  Abel, Millicent H ^a   Meltzer, Andrea L ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender stereotypes; Sexism; Student ratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547689196     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9245-x     Document Type: Article

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