A Multiple-Groups Analysis of Predictors of Higher Level Career Aspirations among Women in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Majors

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 483-496

  Nauta, Margaret M ^a   Epperson, Douglas L ^b   Kahn, Jeffrey H ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000404876     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.45.4.483     Document Type: Article

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