How stereotypes impair women's careers in science

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4403-4408

  Reuben, Ernesto ^a   Sapienza, Paola ^b   Zingales, Luigi ^c  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Gender stereotypes; Science education; Science workforce

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CAREER; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FEMALE BY OCCUPATION; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

DIVERSITY; GENDER STEREOTYPES; SCIENCE EDUCATION; SCIENCE WORKFORCE;

CAREER MOBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SCIENCE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84896924358     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1314788111     Document Type: Article

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