Who Takes the Floor and Why: Gender, Power, and Volubility in Organizations

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 622-641

  Brescoll, Victoria L ^a  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; organizations; power; stereotyping; volubility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862495910     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001839212439994     Document Type: Article

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