Effects of parental expectations and cultural-values orientation on career decision-making difficulties of Chinese University students

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-20

  Leung, S Alvin ^a   Hou, Zhi Jin ^b   Gati, Itamar ^c   Li, Xixi ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Career decision making difficulties; Cross cultural; Cultural values conflict; Parental expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649815599     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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