Factors influencing high school students to persist in aspirations of teaching careers

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 234-249

  Mau, Wei Cheng J ^a   Mau, Yun Hwa ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career choices; Career persistence; High school students; Teaching aspirations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744512292     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894845305282602     Document Type: Article

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