Leadership Perceptions as a Function of Race-Occupation Fit: The Case of Asian Americans

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 902-919

  Sy, Thomas ^a   Shore, Lynn M ^b   Strauss, Judy ^c   Shore, Ted H ^d   Tram, Susanna ^a   Whiteley, Paul ^a   Ikeda Muromachi, Kristine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; Implicit leadership theory; Leadership; Perceptions; Prototypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; OCCUPATION; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RACE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957331911     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019501     Document Type: Article

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