Gender differences in rating reports: Female managers are harsher raters, particularly of males

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 281-288

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Stringfield, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Air New Zealand Medical Unit   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Appraisal schemes; Gender; Managers; Performanceappraisal; Sexdiscrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986120960     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940110392020     Document Type: Article

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