When Trying Hard Isn't Natural: Women's Belonging With and Motivation for Male-Dominated STEM Fields As a Function of Effort Expenditure Concerns

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-143

  Smith, Jessi L ^a   Lewis, Karyn L ^b   Hawthorne, Lauren ^a   Hodges, Sara D ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

belonging; effort; gender; motivation; science and engineering

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCIENCE; SEXISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; TECHNOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; CAREER CHOICE; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MOTIVATION; SCIENCE; SEXISM; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873475796     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212468332     Document Type: Article

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