Discrimination, friendship diversity, and STEM-related outcomes for incoming ethnic minority college students

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 103, Issue , 2017, Pages 76-87

  Hall, Alysha Ramirez ^a   Nishina, Adrienne ^a   Lewis, Jakeem A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

College transition; Discrimination; Diversity; Ethnic minority students; Social cognitive career theory; STEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032931513     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2017.08.010     Document Type: Article

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