The effect of priming gender roles on women's implicit gender beliefs and career aspirations

Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 192-202

  Rudman, Laurie A ^a   Phelan, Julie E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit gender stereotypes; Implicit self concept; Priming effects; The implicit association test

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955889531     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000027     Document Type: Article

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