Time Perspective in Career-Related Choices: Applications of Time-Discounting Principles

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 62-84

  Hesketh, Beryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career choice; time discounting; novice expert differences; framing; time perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006742182     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvbe.1999.1725     Document Type: Article

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