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Dimensions of Adolescent Employment
Author(s) -
Mael Fred A.,
Morath Ray A.,
McLellan Jeffrey A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.1997.tb00539.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , psychology , vocational education , vocational school , developmental psychology , function (biology) , work hours , point (geometry) , social psychology , pedagogy , engineering , mathematics , mechanical engineering , geometry , evolutionary biology , biology
Work during adolescence, including part‐time work during the school year, has been viewed as vocational behavior with mixed effects on other behaviors and attitudes. Using two different samples (West Point cadets and high school seniors who qualified for ROTC membership), we examined possible positive and negative correlates of adolescent work as a function of work dimensions, and both concurrent and subsequent performance criteria. Results indicated that concurrent costs and benefits of adolescent employment may depend on dimensions of work as well as adolescent characteristics. Similarly, adolescent employment was found to be generally related to subsequent work motivation and nonacademic performance.