Female tokens in high-prestige work groups: Catalysts or inhibitors of group diversification?

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 104-115

  Duguid, Michelle ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Diversity; Group; Numerical minority; Status; Stereotypes; Threat; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960843082     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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