Teenage career aspirations and adult career attainment: The role of gender, social background and general cognitive ability

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Gendered educational and occupational choices: Applying the Eccles et al. model of achievement-related choices (2011, background): “These changes in both the levels and the actual fields in the educational and occupational plans are evident in the early educational aspirations of secondary school students (Eccles et al., 1999; Schoon and Polek, 2011, this issue).”
Moving Toward Decent Work: Application of the Psychology of Working Theory to the School-to-Work Transition (2021, background): “For instance, youth of low socioeconomic status present lower aspirations (Schoon & Polek, 2011), higher probability of experiencing tumultuous transitions (Vuolo et al., 2014), and decreased chances of accessing employment or training when leaving school (Ng-Knight & Schoon, 2017).”
Directionality of the Associations of High School Expectancy-Value, Aspirations, and Attainment (2015, unknown): “Indeed, multiple previous studies have documented significant gender differences in self-concept and interest development as well as related differences in academic and career trajectories (e.g., Elder, 1999; Köller et al., 2001; Schoon & Polek, 2011).”