The evolving manager stereotype: The effects of industry gender typing on performance expectations for leaders and their teams

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-428

  Cabrera, Susan F ^a   Sauer, Stephen J ^b   Thomas Hunt, C Melissa ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 70450082977     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2009.01519.x     Document Type: Article

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