Preference for Leaders with Masculine Voices Holds in the Case of Feminine Leadership Roles

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Anderson, Rindy C ^a   Klofstad, Casey A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEADERSHIP; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PITCH; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOICE; VOICE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MASCULINITY; VOICE;

EID: 84871180978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051216     Document Type: Article

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