Science and engineering Ph.D. students' career outcomes, by gender

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Conti, Annamaria ^a   Visentin, Fabiana ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTDOCTORAL EDUCATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEACHING; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATION; ORGANIZATION; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; CAREER CHOICE; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EMPLOYMENT; ENGINEERING; EUROPE; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84941985342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133177     Document Type: Article

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