Stereotype Threat: How Does It Measure Up?

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 438-447

  Xavier, Luiz F ^a   Fritzsche, Barbara A ^a   Sanz, Elizabeth J ^a   Smith, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84904905746     PISSN: 17549426     EISSN: 17549434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iops.12176     Document Type: Article

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