Goal importance and related achievement beliefs and emotions during the transition from vocational school to work: Antecedents and consequences.

By Jari Nurmi, K. Salmela‐Aro, Petri Koivisto. 2002

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Goal Engagement during the School-Work Transition: Beneficial for All, Particularly for Girls. (2008, result): “Previous studies have demonstrated positive effects of individual goals and motivation during work-related life-span transitions on job attainment (e.g., Kanfer et al., 2001; Nurmi et al., 2002; Pinquart et al., 2003; Wiese et al., 2002).”
Young managers' drive to thrive : A personal work goal approach to burnout and work engagement (2009, result): “…in accord with previous research that has indicated that developmentally appropriate personal goals facilitate positive well-being outcomes (e.g., Nurmi et al., 2002; Salmela-Aro & Nurmi, 1997a) and these categories closely resemble the developmental tasks of position performance and advancement…”
What Do They Want in Life?: The Life Goals of a Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Generational Sample of High School Seniors (2006, background): “Much previous research on the content of adolescents’ life goals has been based on Western European samples (e.g., Nurmi et al., 2002; Solantus, 1987) and measured goals in terms of their hopes and fears or future expectations.”