Antecedent factors differentiating women and men in science/nonscience careers

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 763-780

  Farmer, Helen S ^a   Wardrop, James L ^a   Rotella, Susanne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0033264715     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1999.tb00396.x     Document Type: Article

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