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Men and Women of the Corporation

Mary Anne Devanna
- 01 Apr 1978 - 
- Vol. 14, Iss: 2, pp 247-250
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This article is published in The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science.The article was published on 1978-04-01. It has received 3053 citations till now.

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International Perspectives on the Legal Environment for Selection

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How Directors’ Prior Experience with Other Demographically Similar CEOs Affects Their Appointments Onto Corporate Boards and the Consequences for CEO Compensation

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Indicators of esteem: gender and prestige in academic work

TL;DR: The authors explored the cumulative effect of four themes: homosociability, non-transparency of criteria, academic workload balance, and self-promotion on gender inequality in higher education.
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Understanding work and family through a gender lens

TL;DR: In this paper, a gender lens enriches the study of work and family issues by prodding researchers to transcend gender stereotypes, to see gender as an institution, to recognize the multifaceted nature of recent social change, and to acknowledge the strengths and needs of diverse family forms.
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TL;DR: Evidence from varied research paradigms substantiates that consequences of perceived incongruity between the female gender role and leadership roles are more difficult for women to become leaders and to achieve success in leadership roles.
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Economics and Identity

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Emotion Work, Feeling Rules, and Social Structure

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What is agency

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conceptualize agency as a temporally embedded process of social engagement, informed by the past (in its "iterational" or habitual aspect) but also oriented toward the future (as a projective capacity to imagine alternative possibilities) and toward the present, as a practical-evaluative capacity to contextualize past habits and future projects within the contingencies of the moment.
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Social stigma and self-esteem: The self-protective properties of stigma.

TL;DR: In this article, it is proposed that members of stigmatized groups may attribute negative feedback to prejudice against their group, compare their outcomes with those of the ingroup, rather than with the relatively advantaged outgroup, and selectively devalue those dimensions on which their group fares poorly and value those dimensions that their group excels.