Bureaucratic Decision-Making: A Multi‐Method Study of Gender Similarity Bias and Gender Stereotype Beliefs

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Bureaucratic Decision-Making : A Multi‐Method Study of Gender Similarity Bias and Gender Stereotype Beliefs. / Pedersen, Mogens Jin; Nielsen, Vibeke Lehmann.

I: Public Administration, Bind 98, Nr. 2, 2020, s. 424-440.

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Pedersen, MJ & Nielsen, VL 2020, 'Bureaucratic Decision-Making: A Multi‐Method Study of Gender Similarity Bias and Gender Stereotype Beliefs', Public Administration, bind 98, nr. 2, s. 424-440. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12622

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Pedersen, M. J., & Nielsen, V. L. (2020). Bureaucratic Decision-Making: A Multi‐Method Study of Gender Similarity Bias and Gender Stereotype Beliefs. Public Administration, 98(2), 424-440. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12622

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Pedersen MJ, Nielsen VL. Bureaucratic Decision-Making: A Multi‐Method Study of Gender Similarity Bias and Gender Stereotype Beliefs. Public Administration. 2020;98(2):424-440. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12622

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Pedersen, Mogens Jin ; Nielsen, Vibeke Lehmann. / Bureaucratic Decision-Making : A Multi‐Method Study of Gender Similarity Bias and Gender Stereotype Beliefs. I: Public Administration. 2020 ; Bind 98, Nr. 2. s. 424-440.

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