Maintaining the illusion of meritocracy: How men and women interactively sustain gender inequality at work

Intergroup Misunderstandings Impact of Divergent Social Realities

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 191-212

  Ellemers, Naomi ^a   Barreto, Manuela ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Centre for Social Research and Intervention   (Portugal)

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EID: 77953576922     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203848814     Document Type: Chapter

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