In Their Own Words: Re-Examining Gender Differences in Career Interests and Motivations in a New Generation.
Social role theory (Eagly, 1987) posits that gender differences in career interests are consistent with normative social role expectations, with men assuming more agentic roles and women assuming more communal roles. To account for historical shifts in occupations and social roles, this mixed-method...
| Publicado en: | Sex Roles Vol. 90; no. 12; pp. 1828 - 1844 |
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