Navigating social roles in pursuit of important goals: A communal goal congruity account of STEM pursuits

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 487-501

  Diekman, Amanda B ^a   Steinberg, Mia ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84880144259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12042     Document Type: Article

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