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Journal of Vocational Behavior

FHFumiaki HamagamiJRJohn R. NesselroadeNRNilham RamZ‘Zhiyong ‘‘johnny ZhangL‘Lijuan ‘‘peggy Wang
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Abstract

The transition from school to work is a central developmental task with long-term implications for the financial and social status of individuals. We argue that dynamic adjustments of aspirations play a decisive role for a successful outcome of the school to work transition, particularly in the context of the German vocational training system. Latent growth curve analyses conducted on the self-reported occupational aspirations of German adolescents (N = 414) surveyed in a 5-wave longitudinal study during their senior school year support this assumption. Based on expectancy-value-models of achievement, we delineated an adaptive trajectory of aspirations as starting off with relatively high aspirations and…

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Authors

5
  • FH
    Fumiaki HamagamiCorresponding
  • JR
    John R. Nesselroade
  • NR
    Nilham Ram
  • Z‘
    Zhiyong ‘‘johnny Zhang
  • L‘
    Lijuan ‘‘peggy Wang

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  • Vocational education
  • Psychology
  • Computer science
  • Pedagogy
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