The glass cliff: When and why women are selected as leaders in crisis contexts

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 433-451

  Bruckmüller, Susanne ^a   Branscombe, Nyla R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREER MOBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; CAREER MOBILITY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEADERSHIP; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 77957864682     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466609X466594     Document Type: Article

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