Abstract According to traditional analysis, Khoekhoe(gowab) makes a tripartite distinction between masculine, feminine, and common gender. Based on statistical analysis of the comprehensive dictionary by Haacke Eiseb first author’s status as native speaker, present paper offers new insights into gender system Khoekhoe. This concerns in particular specification across lexicon, including transnum...

Purpose This study aims to explore the experience of performing androgynous leadership approaches by New Zealand women leaders within context everyday conflict situations. Design/methodology/approach The research question “How do gender in situations?” was explored through facilitation 4 focus groups with 19 senior female Zealand. Poststructural discourse analysis used how participants negotiat...

OBJECTIVE Internal health locus of control (HLOC) reflects individuals' beliefs that their own behavior influences their health. This study explores the gender difference in internal HLOC among middle-aged and older adults. METHOD Using data from two waves of the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS; N = 1,748), I estimate two-level random-intercept models predic...

The present experiment examined if and how ‘‘gender’’ of the computer, manifested in character representation, would affect its informational influence on individuals’ decisions on masculine (sports) or feminine (fashion) topics. In a 2 (participant’s gender) 2 (character gender) 2 (nature of topic: masculine vs. feminine) between-subjects experiment, participants played a trivia quiz game with...