Childhood and adolescent predictors of early adult career pathways

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-328

  Wiesner, Margit ^a   Vondracek, Fred W ^b   Capaldi, Deborah M ^c   Porfeli, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Career pathways; Educational attainment; Family characteristics; Longitudinal; Personal adjustment; School to work transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345117052     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-8791(03)00028-9     Document Type: Article

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