Perceptions of Serendipity: Career Paths of Prominent Academic Women in Counseling Psychology

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 379-389

  Williams, Elizabeth Nutt ^a   Soeprapto, Elvie ^b   Like, Kathy ^b   Touradji, Pegah ^b   Hess, Shirley ^b   Hill, Clara E ^b  

^a ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000020965     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.45.4.379     Document Type: Article

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