Gender in job negotiations: A two-level game

Negotiation Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-410

  Bowles, Hannah Riley ^a   McGinn, Kathleen L ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Gender; Household labor; Negotiation; Salary; Sex stereotypes; Two level game

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349173406     PISSN: 07484526     EISSN: 15719979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1571-9979.2008.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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