College women's value orientations toward family, career, and graduate school

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-75

  Battle, Ann ^a   Wigfield, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectancy value theory; Family vs. career; Task value; Valuing of graduate school; Women's career aspirations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037318578     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-8791(02)00037-4     Document Type: Article

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