Engineering Exchanges: Daily Social Identity Threat Predicts Burnout Among Female Engineers

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 528-534

  Hall, William M ^a   Schmader, Toni ^a   Croft, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

gender diversity; social identity threat; subtle bias; women in STEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930442682     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550615572637     Document Type: Article

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