University students' causal conceptions about social mobility: Diverging pathways for believers in personal merit and luck

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-19

  Shane, Jacob ^a   Heckhausen, Jutta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivation; Social mobility; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873571447     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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