Stereotype Threat in School and at Work: Putting Science Into Practice

Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-37

  Schmader, Toni ^a   Hall, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

academic achievement; gender; organizations; prejudice; race and ethnicity; stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934955619     PISSN: 23727322     EISSN: 23727330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2372732214548861     Document Type: Article

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