Does encouragement matter in improving gender imbalances in technical fields? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Unkovic, Cait ^a   Sen, Maya ^b   Quinn, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; GENDER; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS; ADULT; ORGANIZATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; TECHNOLOGY;

ADULT; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84979057774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151714     Document Type: Article

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