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Middle School Children's Career Aspirations: Relationship to Adult Occupations and Gender
Author(s) -
Schuette Christine T.,
Ponton Michael K.,
Charlton Margaret L.
Publication year - 2012
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.2161-0045.2012.00004.x
Subject(s) - psychology , socioeconomic status , career development , developmental psychology , working hours , identification (biology) , social psychology , demography , sociology , population , botany , labour economics , economics , biology
The authors explored the relationship between the career aspirations of 89 preadolescents from low socioeconomic backgrounds and the actual occupations of the working adults in their homes with regard to status, job gender identification, and interest (Holland, 1997). There was a significant relationship between boys’ career aspirations and the occupations of the working male adults in their homes, specifically job gender identification and interest. More adult males had stereotypically male jobs—classified as Realistic by Holland (1997)—that was mirrored in the preadolescent boys’ career aspirations. There were no significant matches between the boys and working women or with the girls and the working adults of either gender.