It Had to Be You (Not Me)!: Women's Attributional Rationalization of Their Contribution to Successful Joint Work Outcomes

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 956-969

  Haynes, Michelle C ^a   Heilman, Madeline E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attributional rationalization; gender stereotypes; self attribution; self perceptions; teams

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTIONAL RATIONALIZATION; COOPERATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER STEREOTYPES; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-ATTRIBUTION; SELF-PERCEPTIONS; STEREOTYPING; TEAMS;

ATTRIBUTIONAL RATIONALIZATION; GENDER STEREOTYPES; SELF-ATTRIBUTION; SELF-PERCEPTIONS; TEAMS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; RATIONALIZATION; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN;

EID: 84879518339     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213486358     Document Type: Article

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