Motivation Toward a Graduate Career in the Physical Sciences: Gender Differences and the Impact on Science Career Productivity

by: Zahra Hazari, Geoff Potvin, Robert H. Tai, and John T. Almarode

This study examines gender differences in the motivation to embark on graduate careers in physics and chemistry and whether this motivation can predict select future success outcomes for physical scientists.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2012Stock # jcst12_041_04_90Volume 041Issue 04

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