Never quite good enough: The paradox of sticky developmental relationships for elite university graduates

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-224

  Higgins, Monica C ^a   Dobrow, Shoshana R ^b   Chandler, Dawn ^c  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental networks; Education; Longitudinal; Mentoring; Multilevel modeling; Psychology; Social comparison theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749142288     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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