Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

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APA

Sellami, A., Kimmel, L., Wittrock, J., Hunscher, B., Cotter, A., Al-Emadi, A., & Al-Emadi, D. (2017). Factors Shaping Qatari Students’ Career Expectations in STEM, Business or Public Sector Fields. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(10), 6491-6505. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/77043

Vancouver

Sellami A, Kimmel L, Wittrock J, Hunscher B, Cotter A, Al-Emadi A, et al. Factors Shaping Qatari Students’ Career Expectations in STEM, Business or Public Sector Fields. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(10):6491-505. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/77043

AMA

Sellami A, Kimmel L, Wittrock J, et al. Factors Shaping Qatari Students’ Career Expectations in STEM, Business or Public Sector Fields. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(10), 6491-6505. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/77043

Chicago

Sellami, Abdellatif, Linda Kimmel, Jill Wittrock, Brian Hunscher, Anna Cotter, Ahmed Al-Emadi, and Darwish Al-Emadi. "Factors Shaping Qatari Students’ Career Expectations in STEM, Business or Public Sector Fields". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2017 13 no. 10 (2017): 6491-6505. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/77043

Harvard

Sellami, A., Kimmel, L., Wittrock, J., Hunscher, B., Cotter, A., Al-Emadi, A., and Al-Emadi, D. (2017). Factors Shaping Qatari Students’ Career Expectations in STEM, Business or Public Sector Fields. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(10), pp. 6491-6505. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/77043

MLA

Sellami, Abdellatif et al. "Factors Shaping Qatari Students’ Career Expectations in STEM, Business or Public Sector Fields". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 13, no. 10, 2017, pp. 6491-6505. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/77043