Does cleavage work at work? Men, but not women, falsely believe cleavage sells a weak product

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 326-335

  Glick, Peter ^a,b   Chrislock, Karyna ^a   Petersik, Korinne ^a   Vijay, Madhuri ^a   Turek, Aleksandra ^a  

^a Department of Psychology

^b LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 49549086637     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2008.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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