Career barriers and reading ability as correlates of career aspirations and expectations of parents and their children

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 242-258

  Creed, Peter A ^a   Conlon, Elizabeth G ^a   Zimmer Gembeck, Melanie J ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic control beliefs; Academic engagement; Career barriers; Career status aspirations; Career status expectations; General ability; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947277880     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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