The Effects of Teachers and Schooling on the Vocational Choice of University Research Scientists

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-26

  Rowsey, Robert E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 53549119822     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.1997.tb17336.x     Document Type: Article

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