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Professional desires and career decisions: effects of professional interests, role models, and internship in lower secondary school
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SourceInternational journal for research in vocational education and training 5 (2018) 3, S. 226-243 ZDB
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ISSN2197-8646; 21978646
LanguageEnglish
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review statusPeer-Reviewed
Abstract (English):Context: Following the social cognitive career theory of Lent, Brown, and Hackett (1994), the current study examines the effect of role models’ professions and practical internship experiences on the choice of professional environment independent of professional interests. Embedded in the Swiss context with its strong vocational training system, the paper outlines to what extent the desired professional environment is realized in the chosen apprenticeship two years later and how this realization can be predicted. The theoretical model proposes that students form direct professional experiences during their first internship(s). If those experiences are positive, students choose an apprenticeship in the same professional environment. Students have indirect (vicarious) professional experiences through their role models. If those experiences are positive, students choose an apprenticeship in the role model’s professional environment. The study examined whether, independent of professional interests, direct experiences in internships and indirect experiences through role models’ professions predict the realization of a desired professional environment in an apprenticeship. (DIPF/Orig.)
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Date of publication19.12.2018
CitationNeuenschwander, Markus P.; Hofmann, Jan; Jüttler, Andreas; Schumann, Stephan: Professional desires and career decisions: effects of professional interests, role models, and internship in lower secondary school - In: International journal for research in vocational education and training 5 (2018) 3, S. 226-243 - URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-161632 - DOI: 10.25656/01:16163; 10.13152/IJRVET.5.3.5
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