Aimless or Flexible? Does Uncertainty in Adolescent Occupational Expectations Matter in Young Adulthood?

Autor/in	Sikora, Joanna
Titel	Aimless or Flexible? Does Uncertainty in Adolescent Occupational Expectations Matter in Young Adulthood?
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Education, 62 (2018) 2, S.154-168 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sikora, Joanna)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9441
DOI	10.1177/0004944118776463
Schlagwörter	Career Planning; Career Exploration; Decision Making; Occupational Aspiration; Expectation; Young Adults; Adolescents; Longitudinal Studies; Educational Attainment; Predictor Variables; Bachelors Degrees; Income; Socioeconomic Status; Gender Differences; Foreign Countries; Achievement Tests; International Assessment; Immigrants; Australia; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Karriereplanung; Berufserkundung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Expectancy; Erwartung; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Prädiktor; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Einkommen; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Australien
Abstract	While research on adolescent occupational expectations is voluminous, it either ignores students who do not report any career plans or imputes their answers. Consequently, little is known about the potential consequences that not having clear occupational expectations in adolescence might have for educational and occupational attainment in young adulthood. Therefore, this article presents evidence from the Longitudinal Survey of Australian Youth (LSAY), which followed students between 2006 and 2016, to consider whether occupational uncertainty in this cohort is better understood as strategic role exploration or structured aimlessness. Uncertainty persists over time as students who do not report career plans at age 16 tend to be occupationally uncertain also seven years later. However, it is occupational uncertainty in young adulthood, not in adolescence, that better predicts the lack of university degree and lower expected life-time earnings at age 26. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01