Does priority matter? gendered patterns of subjective task values across school subject domains

Gender Differences in Aspirations and Attainment: A Life Course Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 247-265

  Salmela Aro, Katariina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

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EID: 84953854292     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139128933.016     Document Type: Chapter

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