Failure is not an option for Black women: Effects of organizational performance on leaders with single versus dual-subordinate identities

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1162-1167

  Rosette, Ashleigh Shelby ^a   Livingston, Robert W ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Double jeopardy; Gender; Intersectionality; Leadership; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863330320     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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