Young Women’s Misinformation Concerning IT Careers: Exchanging One Negative Image for Another
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عنوان ژورنال: Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1547-9684,1521-4672
DOI: 10.28945/458