She's got the look: Inferences from female chief executive officers' faces predict their success

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 644-652

  Rule, Nicholas O ^a   Ambady, Nalini ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business; Gender; Nonverbal behavior; Person perception; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350576518     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9658-9     Document Type: Article

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