Women's Career Development: Can Theoretically Derived Variables Predict Persistence in Engineering Majors?

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-183

  Schaefers, Kathleen G ^a   Epperson, Douglas L ^b   Nauta, Margaret M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000207122     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.44.2.173     Document Type: Article

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