Are male leaders penalized for seeking help? The influence of gender and asking behaviors on competence perceptions

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 749-762

  Rosette, Ashleigh Shelby ^a   Mueller, Jennifer S ^b   Lebel, R David ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Help seeking; Leadership; Prototypicality; Weakness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943456877     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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