When do female role models benefit women? the importance of differentiating recruitment from retention in STEM

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 265-269

  Drury, Benjamin J ^a   Siy, John Oliver ^a   Cheryan, Sapna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84857431445     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2011.620935     Document Type: Article

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