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| Author: | Correll, S. J. |
| Title: | Gender and the career choice process: the role of biased self-assessments |
| Journal: | American Journal of Sociology
2001 : MAY, VOL. 106:6, p. 1691-1730 |
| Index terms: | Gender Women Career guidance Individual behaviour Career development |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The author develops a supply-side mechanism about how cultural beliefs about gender differentially influence the early career-relevant decisions of men and women. Cultural beliefs about gender are argued to bias individuals' perceptions of their competence at various career-development tasks, controlling for actual ability. The hypotheses are evaluated by considering how genered beliefs about mathematics impact individuals' assessments of their own mathematical competence, which, in turn, leads to gender differences in decisions to persist on a path toward a career in science, math, or engineering. |
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