Social role theory of sex differences and similarities: Implication for prosocial behavior

Sex Differences and Similarities in Communication: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 156-171

  Eagly, Alice H ^a   Koenig, Anne M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203873380     Document Type: Chapter

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