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Get an apprenticeship before school is out: How German adolescents adjust vocational aspirations when getting close to a developmental deadline


Heckhausen, Jutta; Tomasik, Martin J (2002). Get an apprenticeship before school is out: How German adolescents adjust vocational aspirations when getting close to a developmental deadline. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 60:199-219.

Abstract

Studied the adjustment of vocational aspirations when being confronted with developmental deadlines in German adolescents. Completed questionnaire were attained for 301 10th-graders (mean age 17 years). Variables included school achievement, vocational aspirations, motivational disposition, and demographic characteristics. Students' adjustments of vocational aspirations were examined based on their descriptions of their aspirations as their "dream job" versus "vocation I am interested in." The results showed that as subjects approached the deadline of school graduation, they increasingly adjusted their vocational ideals to more realistic vocational preferences. Furthermore, the social prestige of apprenticeships chosen by students corresponded with their school achievement. High levels of achievement and vocational aspiration were observed in students whose motivational disposition contradicted gender prototypes.

Abstract

Studied the adjustment of vocational aspirations when being confronted with developmental deadlines in German adolescents. Completed questionnaire were attained for 301 10th-graders (mean age 17 years). Variables included school achievement, vocational aspirations, motivational disposition, and demographic characteristics. Students' adjustments of vocational aspirations were examined based on their descriptions of their aspirations as their "dream job" versus "vocation I am interested in." The results showed that as subjects approached the deadline of school graduation, they increasingly adjusted their vocational ideals to more realistic vocational preferences. Furthermore, the social prestige of apprenticeships chosen by students corresponded with their school achievement. High levels of achievement and vocational aspiration were observed in students whose motivational disposition contradicted gender prototypes.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Institute of Psychology
Dewey Decimal Classification:150 Psychology
Scopus Subject Areas:Social Sciences & Humanities > Education
Social Sciences & Humanities > Applied Psychology
Social Sciences & Humanities > Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Social Sciences & Humanities > Life-span and Life-course Studies
Language:English
Date:2002
Deposited On:23 Jul 2014 11:12
Last Modified:12 Nov 2023 02:38
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0001-8791
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1006/jvbe.2001.1864
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