Gender and the Choice of a Science Career: The Impact of Social Support and Possible Selves.
This study examined the relationships among perceived social support, beliefs about how one would fare in a science career, and perceptions and choice of a career in science. Participants were 48 men and 33 women from the Midwestern United States who had been identified as gifted in mathematics and...
| Publicado en: | Sex Roles Vol. 66; no. 3-4; pp. 197 - 210 |
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Springer Nature
Feb2012
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