Not Lack of Ability but More Choice: Individual and Gender Differences in Choice of Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 770-775

  Wang, Ming Te ^a,b   Eccles, Jacquelynne S ^b   Kenny, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent development; career choice; career development; gender difference; math ability; sex differences; STEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877319591     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612458937     Document Type: Article

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