What do i want to be with my PHD? the roles of personal values and structural dynamics in shaping the career interests of recent biomedical science PHD graduates

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 711-723

  Gibbs Jr , Kenneth D ^a,c   Griffin, Kimberly A ^b  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c AAAS Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84889034098     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.13-02-0021     Document Type: Article

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