Familiarity and sex based stereotypes on instant impressions of male and female faculty

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 517-539

  Nadler, Joel T ^a   Berry, Seth A ^b   Stockdale, Margaret S ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College professors; Evaluations; Familiarity; Gender; Impression formation; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884125251     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-013-9217-7     Document Type: Article

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