The impact of college on sex-atypical career choices of men and women

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-63

  Sax, Linda J ^a   Bryant, Alyssa N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Nontraditional career choice; Sex atypical career choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 31344433640     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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