The impact of engineering identification and stereotypes on undergraduate women's achievement and persistence in engineering

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 471-493

  Jones, Brett D ^a   Ruff, Chloe ^a   Paretti, Marie C ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability perceptions; Achievement; Gender identity; Identification; Retention; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884151596     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-013-9222-x     Document Type: Article

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