Adaptive adjustment of vocational aspirations among German youths during the transition from school to work

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-46

  Tomasik, Martin J ^a   Hardy, Sam ^b   Haase, Claudia M ^a   Heckhausen, Jutta ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment of aspirations; Life span theory of control; Primary and secondary control; Transition from school to work; Vocational choice; Vocational development

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549100077     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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