Female leaders: Injurious or inspiring role models for women?

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-157

  Hoyt, Crystal L ^a   Simon, Stefanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Role models; Sex role attitudes; Social comparison; Social groups; Stereotype threat; Stereotyped attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955527617     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684310385216     Document Type: Article

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