Reconsidering the "aspiration-expectation gap" and assumed gender differences among urban youth

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 349-354

  Perry, Justin C ^a   Przybysz, Jeff ^a   Al Sheikh, Muna ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration expectation gap; Gender differences; Possible selves

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049099442     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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