Gender Differences in Science Careers: The Project Access Study

by Gerald Holton and Gerhard Sonnert

What determines successful careers in the field of science? What are the early indicators of later failures. And specifically, how do women scientists' career paths differ from men's? While it is easy to theorize about these questions, those who go to the trouble of an extensive empirical study find an increasingly complex picture. Using the largest database of its kind (699 questionnaires and 200 face-to-face conversations), the authors investigate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813521742
• ISBN13: 9780813521749
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.