Incivility at Academic Conferences: Gender Differences and the Mediating Role of Climate

Sex Roles

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 71-82

  Settles, Isis H ^a   O'Connor, Rachel C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic professional conferences; Human gender differences; Incivility; Organizational climate; Satisfaction; Sexism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905568471     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-014-0355-y     Document Type: Article

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