The Oxford handbook of women and competition

The topic of women's competition has gained significant recent momentum. This book provides direct evidence of this growth and is the first scholarly volume to focus specifically on the topic. In general, the included chapters provide a definitive view of the current state of knowledge regardin...

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Other Authors: Fisher, Maryanne (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2014, 2014-2017
Series:Oxford library of psychology / Oxford library of psychology
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Collection: Oxford Handbook Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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520 |a The topic of women's competition has gained significant recent momentum. This book provides direct evidence of this growth and is the first scholarly volume to focus specifically on the topic. In general, the included chapters provide a definitive view of the current state of knowledge regarding women's competition. Many of the chapters are theoretically grounded in an evolutionary framework, such that the authors investigate the adaptive nature of women's competitive behavior, motivations, and cognitions. Other chapters rely on a different framework, with these authors instead arguing that sociocultural sources shape women's competition