Ambivalent sexism and applicant evaluations: Effects on ambiguous applicants

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 621-633

  Salvaggio, Amy Nicole ^a   Streich, Michelle ^b   Hopper, Jennifer E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^b University of Tulsa ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambivalent sexism; Applicant evaluations; Gender bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350610660     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9640-6     Document Type: Article

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