Gifted and talented students' Career aspirations and influences: A systematic review of the literature

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Miller, Kathleen ^a   Cummings, Greta ^b  

^a MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Career aspirations; Career influences; Gifted high school students; Social talent; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GIFTED CHILD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MOTIVATION; NURSING; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CAREER CHOICE; CHILD, GIFTED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSING; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 67649229162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1667     Document Type: Article

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