A structural social psychological view of gender differences in cooperation

Sex Roles

Volumn 61, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 317-324

  Sell, Jane ^a   Kuipers, Kathy J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation and gender; Gender identity; Social dilemmas and gender; Status and gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449527710     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-009-9597-5     Document Type: Article

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