Responding to sex-based discrimination: Gender differences in perceived discrimination and implications for legal decision making

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 409-424

  Blodorn, Alison ^a   O'Brien, Laurie T ^a   Kordys, Justin ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination perceptions; Gender differences; Institutional discrimination; Legal decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859615179     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430211427172     Document Type: Article

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