A Man’s (Precarious) Place: Men’s Experienced Threat and Self-Assertive Reactions to Female Superiors

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1247-1259

  Netchaeva, Ekaterina ^a   Kouchaki, Maryam ^b   Sheppard, Leah D ^c  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; leadership; precarious manhood; status; threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSERTIVENESS; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MASCULINITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASSERTIVENESS; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASCULINITY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938359392     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167215593491     Document Type: Article

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