Gender and the career choice process: The role of biased self-assessments

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1691-1730

  Correll, Shelley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0035343742     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/321299     Document Type: Article

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