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Informationen zum Autor By Robert Leslie Fisher Klappentext For over forty years, social scientists have noted and puzzled over the 'gender gap' in publication rates of academic scientists. In this study, the author, Robert L. Fisher, argues that men and women scientists differ in their 'problem choice process' and that this difference may be behind much of the difference in publication rates. Zusammenfassung For over forty years! social scientists have noted and puzzled over the 'gender gap' in publication rates of academic scientists. In this study! the author! Robert L. Fisher! argues that men and women scientists differ in their 'problem choice process' and that this difference may be behind much of the difference in publication rates. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 List of Tables Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Chapter One: Introduction to Study Chapter 4 Chapter Two: Models of Problem Choice in Science: Principal Hypotheses and Historical Development Chapter 5 Chapter Three: A Strategy for Testing the "Garbage Can" Model of Problem Choice Against Rival Perspectives Chapter 6 Chapter Four: Research Methods Chapter 7 Chapter Five: Do Scientists Choose Problems Rationally? Chapter 8 Chapter Six: The Relationship of the Problem Choice Process to Scientific Productivity Chapter 9 Bibliography
