Longitudinal associations between gender-typed skills and interests and their links to occupational outcomes

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 88, Issue , 2015, Pages 121-130

  Lee, Bora ^a   Lawson, Katie M ^b   McHale, Susan M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Gendered interests; Gendered skills; Middle childhood; Occupational outcomes; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924960094     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2015.02.011     Document Type: Article

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