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Cordeiro, Pedro; Paixão, Paula; Rijo, Daniel – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2023
Using self-determination and schema therapy theories, we examine the cognitive-motivational processes underlying the regulation of career decisions and the experience of well/ill-being during the key school-to-work transition among Portuguese high school students. We obtained two pathways of transition: A "Bright" pathway, where need…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Career Choice, Decision Making
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Sin, Cristina; Tavares, Orlanda; Amaral, Alberto – Education & Training, 2016
Purpose: The paper presents and analyses quantitative data on student perceptions about the employability of the first degree, and their trajectory choices on graduation. The purpose of this paper is to assess the value of the first degree as a positional good in Portugal, further to the degree's reduced duration after the implementation of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Employment Potential, Statistical Analysis
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Davey, Todd; Plewa, Carolin; Struwig, Miemie – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to identify the differences between African and European students with regard to their entrepreneurial intentions, attitudes towards entrepreneurship, role models and entrepreneurial experience. It also aims to set the scene for future comparative research between developing and developed countries in the area of graduate…
Descriptors: Role Models, Foreign Countries, Developed Nations, Entrepreneurship
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2019
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2019, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
de Almeida, Maria Jose B. M.; Leite, Maria Salete S. C. P.; Woolnough, Brian E. – 1998
This paper presents the results of a study undertaken in Portugal to determine the influence of different factors on students' (n=499) decisions to study or refuse to study in one of the physical sciences or engineering. Some influencing factors are related to what goes on in school and during science lessons, and other factors are related to the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Engineering Education, Engineers, Foreign Countries
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Mullet, Etienne; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1992
Examines nationality's effects on the impact of determinants of occupational preference of 348 male and 441 female Portuguese and 226 male and 263 female French secondary school students. Nationality's effect is significant for salary, promotion, prestige, and intellectual-manual impacts. Nationality's effect did not differ by sex or socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Cross Cultural Studies, Females, Foreign Countries
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology