Computer science majors: Sex role orientation, academic achievement, and social cognitive factors

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-345

  Brown, Chris ^a   Garavalia, Linda S ^a   Fritts, Mary Lou Hines ^a   Olson, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

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EID: 33747050909     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2006.tb00198.x     Document Type: Article

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