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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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Liu, Yan; Peng, Kelly; Wong, Chi-Sum – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2014
Despite the well-recognized importance of career maturity in job searching, little research has been done on the influence of career maturity on job attainment. Drawing on the extant literature, this study examined the relationship between career maturity and job attainment, and explored the boundary conditions that maximize this relationship.…
Descriptors: Vocational Maturity, Vocational Interests, Employment, Foreign Countries
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Wong, Chi-Sum; Wong, Ping-Man; Peng, Kelly Z. – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2011
In this study, we attempt to investigate the potential effects of parents' career interests on young adults' career interests. Using a sample of 113 freshmen in Hong Kong, results indicated that after controlling for personality, gender, general mental abilities and emotional intelligence, some of the parents' career interests were still related…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Cognitive Ability