The who and when of internal gender discrimination claims: An interactional model

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-140

  Leslie, Lisa M ^a   Gelfand, Michele J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Claiming; Discrimination; Diversity climate; Gender; Gender identity; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849109964     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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