Side effects of gender-fair language: How feminine job titles influence the evaluation of female applicants

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-71

  Formanowicz, Magdalena ^a   Bedynska, Sylwia ^a   Cislak, Aleksandra ^b   Braun, Friederike ^c   Sczesny, Sabine ^d  

^a SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84873099420     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1924     Document Type: Article

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