Dancing Backwards in High Heels: Female Professors Experience More Work Demands and Special Favor Requests, Particularly from Academically Entitled Students

Sex Roles

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2018, Pages 136-150

  El Alayli, Amani ^a   Hansen Brown, Ashley A ^b   Ceynar, Michelle ^c  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic entitlement; College teachers; Emotional labor; Gender equity; Sex discrimination; Stereotypes; Teacher student interaction; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLLEGE STUDENT; DANCING; EXPECTATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HEEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEXISM; STEREOTYPY; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 85039857828     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-017-0872-6     Document Type: Article

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