ERIC Number: EJ904318
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Publication Date: 2010-Dec
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Career Success: The Role of Teenage Career Aspirations, Ambition Value and Gender in Predicting Adult Social Status and Earnings
Ashby, Julie S.; Schoon, Ingrid
Journal of Vocational Behavior, v77 n3 p350-360 Dec 2010
Links between family social background, teenage career aspirations, educational performance and adult social status attainment are well documented. Using a contextual developmental framework, this article extends previous research by examining the role of gender and teenage ambition value in shaping social status attainment and earnings in adulthood. Drawing on data from an 18-year British follow up study we tested a path model linking family background factors (such as family social status and parental aspirations) and individual agency factors in adolescence (in particular, career aspirations and ambition value) to social status attainment and earnings in adulthood. The findings suggest that ambition value is linked to adult earnings. That is, young people for whom it is important to get on in their job earn more money in adulthood than their less ambitious peers. The findings also confirm that teenage career aspirations are linked to adult social status attainment, and suggest that family background factors, teenage career aspirations and ambition value interact to influence social status attainment and earnings in adulthood. Gender differences are discussed. (Contains 2 figures and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Social Status, Family Characteristics, Occupational Aspiration, Socioeconomic Background, Gender Differences, Academic Achievement, Adults, Adolescents, Models, Sex Role, Occupational Mobility, Job Satisfaction, Aspiration, Followup Studies, Salaries
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