The relationship between career variables and occupational aspirations and expectations for Australian high school adolescents

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-148

  Patton, Wendy ^a   Creed, Peter ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career aspirations; Career barriers; Career decision making self efficacy; Career expectations; Career indecision; Career maturity

Indexed keywords

EID: 36249013621     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894845307307471     Document Type: Article

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