Cross-lagged relationships between career aspirations and goal orientation in early adolescents

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-99

  Creed, Peter ^a   Tilbury, Clare ^a   Buys, Nick ^a   Crawford, Meegan ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career aspirations; Career expectations; Cross lagged; Learning goal orientation; Performance avoid goal orientation; Performance prove goal orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649860782     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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