To belong or not to belong: Evidence that women's occupational disidentification is promoted by lack of fit with masculine occupational prototypes

Journal of Personnel Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 148-158

  Peters, Kim ^a   Ryan, Michelle ^a   Haslam, S Alexander ^a   Fernandes, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exit; Fit; Gender; Occupational identification; Occupational prototypes; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871492765     PISSN: 18665888     EISSN: 21905150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1866-5888/a000067     Document Type: Article

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