A social cognitive construct validation: Determining women's and men's success in engineering programs

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-364

  Vogt, Christina M ^a   Hocevar, Dennis ^b   Hagedorn, Linda Serra ^c  

^a NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 34248631084     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.2007.0019     Document Type: Article

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