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Field name	Details
Nuova numerazione	83326
Collocazione	UPS BIBL CENTR 39-C-2731
Autore	WICHT, A.
Titolo	Are girls more ambitious than boys? vocational interests partly explain gender differences in occupational aspirations. Parte componente di periodico
Descrizione fisica	pp. 551-568.
Nota generale	Estratto da: Journal of Career Development 2022, 49, 3.
Riassunto	Previous research suggests that girls have higher occupational aspirations than boys before entering the labor market. We investigate whether this gender gap in occupational aspirations generalizes to secondary school students in Germany and illuminate the possible mechanisms behind these purported gender differences. For this purpose, we used a large and representative sample of ninth graders (N = 10,743) from the German National Educational Panel Study. Adolescents’ occupational aspirations were coded on the International Socio-Economic Index of Occupational Status (ISEI) according to the socioeconomic status of the aspired occupation. Results showed that girls’ occupational aspirations were 6.5 ISEI points higher than boys’ (Cohen’s d = .36). Mediation analyses further revealed that gender differences in vocational interest could explain one-half of the gender gap in occupational aspirations. This suggests that girls’ higher occupational aspirations reflect their specific vocational interests rather than a general striving for higher status and prestige compared to boys.
Tipo di documento	RICERCA.
Soggetto	DIFFERENZA SESSUALE.
	ADOLESCENTI.
	VOCAZIONI.
	LAVORO.
	ORIENTAMENTO.
	COMPORTAMENTO.
	CARRIERA.
	GERMANIA.
Ambito	Sociologico
Autore Secondario	MIYAMOTO, A.
Autore Secondario	LECHNER, C.M.
Titolo correlato	Journal of Career Development 2022, 49, 3.
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Are girls more ambitious than boys? vocational interests partly explain gender differences in occupational aspirations.