parents’ vocation if their parents have a positive attitude
towards it. Another way that parents influence children's
vocational aspiration , as found in a study by Helwig
(1998), is that parents somehow express their expec-
tations from their children about which vocation they
(children) should have and children pursue their voca-
tional aspiration to meet their parents’ expectations.
Parents’ gender is also another influential factor in
children’s vocational aspirations. Trice and Knapp (1992)
found that children have learned more about their
mothers’ vocation than about fathers' vocation.
When children start elementary school their percep-
tions towards academic subjects initiate, which, as
recognized by several authors (Atkinson, 1964; Weiner,
1974) might be linked to their vocational aspiration.
Eccles et al. (1983) pointed out that achievement-related
beliefs, outcomes, and goals might influence one’s future