Stereotype Threat in Organizations: An Examination of Its Scope, Triggers, and Possible Interventions

Stereotype Threat: Theory, Process, and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kray, Laura J ^a   Shirako, Aiwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business; Leadership; Management; Negotiations; Stereotype threat; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921819224     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199732449.003.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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