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AB Diekman, M Steinberg - Social and personality psychology …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library

Navigating social roles in pursuit of important goals: A communal goal congruity account of STEM pursuits.

Stem career interventions

Diekman, Steinberg

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Our exploration of communal goal processes in decisions about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers integrates research on goal pursuit processes with research on stereotyping and on social role occupancy. Social roles encompass expectations and resources that can originate from group membership in broad social categories, such as gender, ethnicity, or nationality, or from more narrowly focused occupational and family roles. Our review elaborates on three ways in which social roles …

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