Groups work for women: Gender and group identity in social Dilemmas

Negotiation Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 411-427

  Croson, Rachel ^a,b   Marks, Melanie ^c   Snyder, Jessica ^c  

^a Negotiation Center

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Identity; Negotiation; Social dilemma

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349141223     PISSN: 07484526     EISSN: 15719979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1571-9979.2008.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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