The Influence of Role Models on Women's Career Choices

By Julie L. Quimby, Angela Desantis. 2006

213 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Education, Safety Research, Social Psychology

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In Education

1. S. Karimi
2. Thomas Lans
3. Harm J. A. Biemans
4. Martin Mulder
5. M. Entrialgo
6. V. Iglesias
7. Mohammad Chizari
8. Christopher Phelan

In Safety Research

1. Martin Mulder
2. Mohammad Chizari
3. Thomas Lans
4. S. Karimi
5. Harm J. A. Biemans

In Social Psychology

1. Thomas Lans
2. Harm J. A. Biemans
3. Martin Mulder
4. V. Iglesias
5. Kim Peters
6. Mohammad Chizari
7. S. Karimi
8. Michelle K. Ryan

Citations in the corpus

• The impact of story bound entrepreneurial role models on self‐efficacy and entrepreneurial intention (2012, background): “The lack of female role models in traditionally male careers is a symbolic obstacle for women thinking of embarking on a less conventional career path (Quimby and DeSantis, 2006; Wilson et al., 2007).”
• Entrepreneurial education's and entrepreneurial role models' influence on career choice : original research (2011, unknown): “Quimby and DeSantis (2006) conducted an online survey at Towson University in Maryland (USA) in which 368 female undergraduate students responded.”
• The Motivational Theory of Role Modeling: How Role Models Influence Role Aspirants’ Goals (2015, background): “Indeed, there is evidence that demonstrates that career choices are often influenced by the desire to be like someone such as a role model (Quimby & DeSantis, 2006) and this effect of desirability is in addition to effects of self-efficacy (and thus expectancy).”
• Effects of role models and gender on students’ entrepreneurial intentions (2014, background): “In a non-traditional and gender-stereotyped career like entrepreneurship, gender matching of the role model may be particularly important for women (Quimby and DeSantis 2006).”
• Are the Intentions to Entrepreneurship of Men and Women Shaped Differently? The Impact of Entrepreneurial Role-Model Exposure and Entrepreneurship Education (2017, background): “On the one hand, having a career role model has been linked empirically to women’s decisions to pursue nontraditional careers (Quimby and Santis 2006).”