Masculinity, Vocational Interests, and Career Choice Traditionary: Evidence for a Fully Mediated Model

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 424-435

  Tokar, David M ^a   Jome, LaRae M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000717514     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.45.4.424     Document Type: Article

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