You need to understand my gender role: An empirical test of Tannen's model of gender and communication

Sex Roles

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 491-504

  Edwards, Renee ^a   Hamilton, Mark A ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bem Sex Role Inventory; Deborah Tannen; Gender role; Message interpretation; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843142601     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:sers.0000023069.93583.8b     Document Type: Article

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