Men's and women's intentions to persist in undergraduate engineering degree programs

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-145

  Concannon, James P ^a   Barrow, Lloyd H ^b  

^a WESTMINSTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering; Gender; Self efficacy; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952128945     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-009-9187-x     Document Type: Article

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