Something Old, Something New: Evidence of Self-Accommodation to Gendered Social Change

Sex Roles

Volumn 68, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 550-561

  Diekman, Amanda B ^a   Johnston, Amanda M ^b   Loescher, Allison L ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Career decisions; Gender roles; Gender stereotypes; Social change; Social roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876445330     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-013-0263-6     Document Type: Article

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