Work as a Masculinity Contest

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 422-448

  Berdahl, Jennifer L ^a   Cooper, Marianne ^b   Glick, Peter ^c   Livingston, Robert W ^d   Williams, Joan C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ISSUE; LABOR MARKET; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85053197984     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12289     Document Type: Article

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