Finding fulfillment: Women's self-efficacy beliefs and career choices in chemistry

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 420-426

  Grunert, Megan L ^a   Bodner, George M ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84859297562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/C1RP90050A     Document Type: Article

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