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Peer reviewedHesketh, Beryl – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2000
Study 1 (n=40) examined the influence of time delay on decisions between paying student fees and receiving scholarships; greater time discounting occurred for positive outcomes. Study 2 compared 13 expert career counselors with 22 novices, finding no difference in degree of discounting their own job preferences. However, experts assessed the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Counselors, Decision Making
Peer reviewedHesketh, Beryl; Watson-Brown, Christine; Whiteley, Sonja – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1998
Study 1 (n=35) established that value discounting (perceived value of outcomes reduced as a function of perceived delay) in job choice correlated with anxiety. Study 2 (n=68) revealed that older students discounted less at short delays, more at very long ones. Study 3 (n=33) found less discounting when delay intervals were filled with some kind of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Anxiety, Career Choice, College Students
