Are women faculty just "Worrywarts?" accounting for gender differences in self-reported stress

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 175-193

  Hart, Jennifer L ^a   Cress, Christine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Faculty stress; Gender; Women faculty

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849116421     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911350802171120     Document Type: Article

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