Women in high places: When and why promoting women into top positions can harm them individually or as a group (and how to prevent this)

Research in Organizational Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue , 2012, Pages 163-187

  Ellemers, Naomi ^a   Rink, Floor ^b   Derks, Belle ^a   Ryan, Michelle K ^b,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84880040181     PISSN: 01913085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riob.2012.10.003     Document Type: Review

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