Birth cohort change in the vocational interests of female and male college students

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-67

  Bubany, Shawn T ^a   Hansen, Jo Ida C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth cohort design; Cross temporal meta analysis; Gender differences; Individual differences development; Social role theory; Vocational interests

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649856366     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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