Assessing the 'gender gap' in New Zealand politics: The mediating efects of social dominance orientation in student and general population

New Zealand Journal of Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-44

  Wilson, Marc Stewart ^a   White, Joanna Tui ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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