Career goal-related social ties during two educational transitions: Antecedents and consequences

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 448-457

  Tynkkynen, Lotta ^a,b   Nurmi, Jari Erik ^b   Salmela Aro, Katariina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Career goal related social ties; Educational transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951023830     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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