The effect of instructor gender and race/ethnicity on gaining compliance in the classroom

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 937-958

  Elias, Steven M ^a   Loomis, Ross J ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 4944243913     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2004.tb02578.x     Document Type: Review

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