ERIC Number: EJ1330624
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Feb
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The Effects of Peers' Career Goal Appraisals on School to Work Transition Outcomes
Ruschoff, Britta; Kowalewski, Thomas; Salmela-Aro, Katariina
Journal of Career Development, v49 n1 p144-160 Feb 2022
Despite the growing body of research on the transition from school to work, an important aspect of young people's social realities in this phase has been largely overlooked: their peers. This study investigates to what extent peer networks in late adolescence, and particularly peers' appraisals of their own career goals, are related to young people's subjective early transition outcomes in a Finnish sample (N = 322) between the ages 17 and 20. The results show that having peers who positively appraise their goals as attainable is associated with more positive transition outcomes as young people more often reported having reached a (temporarily) satisfactory transition outcome which they intended to maintain unchanged. Negative peer appraisals showed no associations with transition outcomes. The present study offers an important step toward a comprehensive understanding of the social lives of young people in career transitions and provides new directions for research and counseling.
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Peer Influence, Late Adolescents, Career Choice, Goal Orientation, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Secondary School Students, Employment Level, Socioeconomic Status, Peer Relationship, Social Networks, Education Work Relationship, Young Adults, Secondary Education, Life Satisfaction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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