Queen Bees and Alpha Males: Are successful women more competitive than successful men?

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 903-913

  Faniko, Klea ^a   Ellemers, Naomi ^b   Derks, Belle ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; MASCULINITY; NONHUMAN; QUEEN (INSECT);

EID: 85018687156     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2198     Document Type: Article

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