Asymmetrical demography effects on psychological climate for gender diversity: Differential effects of leader gender and work unit gender composition among Swedish doctors

Human Relations

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1661-1685

  Konrad, Alison M ^a   Cannings, Kathleen ^b   Goldberg, Caren B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diversity climate; gender; harassment; perceived discrimination; perceived organizational support; relational demography; women in leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049483242     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726710369397     Document Type: Article

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