Perceived social status and learning experiences in Social Cognitive Career Theory

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 351-361

  Thompson, Mindi N ^a   Dahling, Jason J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Career self efficacy; Career related learning experiences; Perceived social status; RIASEC interest areas; Social cognitive career theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857789894     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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