Toward a Model of Social Influence That Explains Minority Student Integration into the Scientific Community

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 206-222

  Estrada, Mica ^a   Woodcock, Anna ^b   Hernandez, Paul R ^c   Schultz, P Wesley ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity; Integration; Self efficacy; Social influence; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951789716     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020743     Document Type: Article

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