Judgments about work and the features of young adults' jobs

Work and Occupations

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-224

  Johnson, Monica Kirkpatrick ^a   Monserud, Maria A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career; Job values; Judgments about work; Occupational attainment; Transition to adulthood; Work preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953661989     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888410365973     Document Type: Article

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