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ERIC Number: EJ559128
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0001-8791
Time-related Discounting of Value and Decision-Making about Job Options.
Hesketh, Beryl; Watson-Brown, Christine; Whiteley, Sonja
Journal of Vocational Behavior, v52 n1 p89-105 Feb 1998
Study 1 (n=35) established that value discounting (perceived value of outcomes reduced as a function of perceived delay) in job choice correlated with anxiety. Study 2 (n=68) revealed that older students discounted less at short delays, more at very long ones. Study 3 (n=33) found less discounting when delay intervals were filled with some kind of employment. (SK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Anxiety, Career Choice, College Students, Decision Making, Delay of Gratification, Value Judgment, Vocational Maturity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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