Career success: The role of teenage career aspirations, ambition value and gender in predicting adult social status and earnings

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 350-360

  Ashby, Julie S ^a   Schoon, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult earnings; Adult occupational status; Career development; Gender differences; Teenage ambition value; Teenage aspirations

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149409300     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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