Communicating Gender-Equality Progress, Reduces Social Identity Threats for Women Considering a Research Career

Since the majority of top-level researchers are men, how does this vertical gender-segregation affect students’ perceptions of a research career? In the current study, an experimental manipulation either reminded students of academia’s current dominance of men or of its improving gender-balance. The...

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Main Authors: Una Tellhed, Anna Jansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-01-01
Series:Social Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/7/2/18