Men as allies against sexism: The positive effects of a suggestion of sexism by male (vs. female) sources

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Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Cihangir, Sezgin ^a,b   Barreto, Manuela ^a,c   Ellemers, Naomi ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Hospital Data   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Gender and ethnicity; Performance; Protest; Self handicapping; Self stereotyping; Subtle sexism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907284328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244014539168     Document Type: Article

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