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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Praskova, Anna; Creed, Peter A.; Hood, Michelle – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2013
Goal engagement in young adults is variable. We recruited university students to test whether general personal characteristics (educational ability, core self-evaluations, and well-being; study 1, N = 195) and career adaptive variables (career confidence, exploration, and planning; study 2, N = 152) facilitated career goal engagement. Goal…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Individual Characteristics, Academic Ability, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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Creed, Peter A.; Wong, Oi Yin; Hood, Michelle – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2009
The study tested the relationship between occupational aspirations/expectations (type and status) and decision-making difficulties, efficacy and career barriers in 498 Chinese high school students. Males aspired to investigative and enterprising types, but expected realistic and enterprising ones; females aspired to enterprising and conventional…
Descriptors: Females, Occupational Aspiration, High School Students, Foreign Countries