Gender, competition, and managerial decisions

Management Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 114-122

  Price, Curtis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Discrimination; Experiment; Gender differences; Labor market

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION SCHEME; DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE WORKERS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; LABOR MARKET; MANAGERIAL DECISION;

DECISION THEORY; EMPLOYMENT; EXPERIMENTS; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84856280285     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1384     Document Type: Article

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