Structural Precursors to Identity Processes: The Role of Proximate Social Structures.
This research investigates how participation in college-based science-training programs increases student intention to pursue a scientific career. Using identity theory, we delineate three levels of social structure and conceptualize science-training programs as proximate social structures. Results...
| Publicado en: | Social Psychology Quarterly Vol. 75; no. 2; pp. 149 - 173 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jun2012
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