A multilevel examination of the influence of trainee-trainer gender dissimilarity and trainee-classroom gender composition dissimilarity on trainee knowledge acquisition

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-372

  Bell, Suzanne T ^a   Towler, Annette J ^a   Fisher, David M ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80053031252     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.20077     Document Type: Article

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