Choosing the best (wo)man for the job: The effects of mortality salience, sex, and gender stereotypes on leader evaluations

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-246

  Hoyt, Crystal L ^a   Simon, Stefanie ^b   Reid, Lindsey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender stereotypes; Leadership; Mortality salience; Sex; Terror management theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549126322     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2009.01.016     Document Type: Article

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