General and work-based extrinsic educational beliefs across time: from late youth to middle adulthood

摘要: ABSTRACTThe degree to which individuals consider education be a valuable pursuit varies. Beliefs differ regarding the perceived purpose of and whether it is deemed necessary for future life course employment success. In this study, we employ longitudinal data set that follows cohort high school graduates over 28 years examine how different types extrinsic educational beliefs change from late youth middle adulthood. Growth curve modelling generates insight into ascriptive factors in relation experiences have an impact on initial they time. General work-based belief statements exhibit both similar dissimilar patterns terms characteristics experiences. Employment post-secondary are influential beliefs. Women highly educated backgrounds express more positive gener...