Identities in harmony: Gender-work identity integration moderates frame switching in cognitive processing

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-284

  Sacharin, Vera ^a   Lee, Fiona ^a   Gonzalez, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 70450091008     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2009.01500.x     Document Type: Article

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