Mexican American high school students' postsecondary educational goals: Applying Social Cognitive Career Theory

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 489-501

  Flores, Lisa Y ^a   Navarro, Rachel L ^b   DeWitz, S Joseph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational goals; High school students; Mexican American; Postsecondary plans; Social cognitive career theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949092444     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072708318905     Document Type: Article

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