How to Talk about Gender Inequity in the Workplace: Using WAGES as an Experiential Learning Tool to Reduce Reactance and Promote Self-Efficacy

Sex Roles

Volumn 67, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 605-616

  Zawadzki, Matthew J ^a   Danube, Cinnamon L ^b   Shields, Stephanie A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiential learning; Gender equity; Intervention; Reactance; Self efficacy; Sexism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870298244     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-012-0181-z     Document Type: Article

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