Parental influences on young women's certainty about their career aspirations

Sex Roles

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 105-115

  Li, Cuiting ^a   Kerpelman, Jennifer ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career aspirations; Identity control theory; Parent daughter relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846838689     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9151-7     Document Type: Article

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