Gender and Job Role Congruence: A Field Study of Trust in Labor Mediators

Sex Roles

Volumn 63, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 489-499

  Stuhlmacher, Alice F ^a   Poitras, Jean ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empathy; Gender; Job roles; Labor mediation; Social roles; Trust; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956462628     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9844-9     Document Type: Article

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