“Work and Surroundings”: A Training to Enhance Career Curiosity, Self-Efficacy, and the Perception of Work and Decent Work in Adolescents

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The manuscript addresses an important issue regarding the perspective of adolescents on work and decent work. Results show that this work has value and should be done at early ages, given that the professional identity begins to be built during childhood. Hence, career guidance training is needed so that the future adults are better informed to make future decisions on what concerns their future occupation, and skills developed in the school context need to be improved, so that future workers can cope with the paradigm shift in the occupational arena.

Some inconsistencies regarding the text formatting and the font used were found, which need to be resolved.

Author Response

Point 1: Some inconsistencies regarding the text formatting and the font used were found, which need to be resolved.

Response 1: Resolved

Reviewer 2 Report

overall, the study was well-designed and the manuscript was well-written. One minor writing issue:

Page 1 line 13 - "The development of professional identity starts with childhood and adolescents should" -- check wording. 

the study topic is interesting and useful for education focused on adolescents.

The methods and measures are based appropriately in the literature.

The methods and procedures are appropriate for a two-group pre-post test with an intervention.

The analyses were appropriate and the conclusions/recommendations are adequately based on the findings.

Author Response

Point 1: Page 1 line 13 - "The development of professional identity starts with childhood and adolescents should" -- check wording. 

Response 1: we changed the wording