Does Employment during High School Impair Academic Progress?.

D'Amico, Ronald

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Publication Date: 1984

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Does Employment during High School Impair Academic Progress?

D'Amico, Ronald

Sociology of Education, v57 n3 p152-64 Jul 1984

Research results that showed that high school employment may foster high school achievement is explained by a congruence hypothesis, which holds that there is a correspondence between the personality traits promoted and rewarded by employers and those traits promoted and rewarded by teachers. (Author/RM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Rank, Dropouts, Educational Research, High Schools, Knowledge Level, Leisure Time, Occupations, Part Time Employment, Performance, Student Employment, Time on Task

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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