Stereotyping and women’s roles in leadership positions

Industrial and Commercial Training

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 332-337

  Baker, Cortney ^a  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Gender roles; Leadership; Stereotypes; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926302942     PISSN: 00197858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/ICT-04-2014-0020     Document Type: Article

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