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Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J.; Mortimer, Jeylan T. – Review of Educational Research, 2006
This article examines the consequences of adolescents' employment experiences for vocational development and educational pursuits within varying historical and social contexts. Attention is directed to the changing social and cultural context for adolescent paid work, the balance of school and work, the influence of work experience on adolescent…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Adolescents, Vocational Maturity, Employment Experience
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Lorence, Jon; Mortimer, Jeylan T. – Sociology of Work and Occupations, 1981
Examines the interrelations of work experience and psychological involvement in work among male college graduates over a 10-year period. Both the occupational socialization and the occupational selection hypotheses are supported by the data analysis. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Followup Studies, Job Satisfaction, Path Analysis
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Stone, James R., III; Mortimer, Jeylan T. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1998
Review of research on adolescent employment found the following: (1) employment patterns were relatively unchanged in 40 years; (2) emerging literature challenges the assumption that "floundering" is necessarily bad; and (3) increasing amounts of work negatively affect school performance. Methodological issues include selection bias, sampling…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Career Development, Education Work Relationship