Bias Avoidance: Cross-cultural Differences in the US and Australian Academies

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Bardoel, E Anne ^a   Drago, Robert ^a   Cooper, Brian ^a   Colbeck, Carol ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academe; Gender equity; Individualism; Norms; Work family

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; CULTURAL IDENTITY; GENDER; INDIVIDUALISM; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 80052019348     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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