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The Importance of Stereotype Threat Mechanisms in Workplace Outcomes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Bettina J. Casad  and
Stephanie M. Merritt
Bettina J. Casad*
Affiliation:
University of Missouri – St. Louis
Stephanie M. Merritt
Affiliation:
University of Missouri – St. Louis
*
E-mail: casadbj@umsl.edu, Address: Psychology Department, University of Missouri – St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121-4499
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , September 2014 , pp. 413 - 419
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2014

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