Career aspirations of youth: Untangling race/ethnicity, SES, and gender

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-109

  Howard, Kimberly A S ^a   Carlstrom, Aaron H ^b   Katz, Andrew D ^a   Chew, Aaronson Y ^a   Ray, G Christopher ^a   Laine, Lia ^a   Caulum, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Career aspirations; Gender; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958033471     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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