Color and gender based differences in the sources of influence attributed to the choice of college major

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-45

  Daly, Bonita A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ajzen Fishbein's theory of planned behavior; Cultural differences; Diversity; Gender; Hofstede's power distance theory; Mentoring; Postsecondary education; Race; Sex roles; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 17244369345     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1045-2354(02)00213-7     Document Type: Article

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