Imagining oneself in a stereotyped role may stifle generalized tendencies to support social change

Social Influence

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 157-167

  Di Bella, Laura ^a   Crisp, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

social change resistance; STEM; stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928395113     PISSN: 15534510     EISSN: 15534529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15534510.2015.1030446     Document Type: Article

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