Uncertainty in early occupational aspirations: Role exploration or aimlessness?

Social Forces

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 659-683

  Staff, Jeremy ^a   Harris, Angel ^b   Sabates, Ricardo ^c   Briddell, Laine ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

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EID: 79953135348     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2010.0088     Document Type: Article

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