Gender bias or motherhood disadvantage? Judgments of blue collar mothers and fathers in the workplace

Sex Roles

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 232-246

  Güngör, Gökçe ^a   Biernat, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Hiring; Motherhood; Performance judgments

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349172700     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9540-1     Document Type: Article

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