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| Occupational Aspiration | 1 |
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| Dwight, Alice Heasley | 1 |
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Dwight, Alice Heasley – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1978
There are many blue-collar workers who aspire to work in the white-collar world. Work histories of employed adults from an industrial area of Baltimore who were classified as Realistic (based on the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory) show most adults are apparently unable to move out of this classification. (Author)
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Occupational Aspiration
