Power Distance Predicts Gender Differences in Math Performance Across Societies

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 545-548

  Hamamura, Takeshi ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

culture; gender difference; math; power distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865187796     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550611429191     Document Type: Article

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