We'll never get past the glass ceiling! Meta-stereotyping, world-views and perceived relative group-worth

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 543-562

  Owuamalam, Chuma ^a   Zagefka, Hanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFLICT; CONTROL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STEREOTYPING; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL MOBILITY; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 84884934664     PISSN: 00071269     EISSN: 20448295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12006     Document Type: Article

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