The Viability of Career Maturity Theory: A Developmental-Contextual Perspective

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 6-15

  Vondracek, Fred W ^a,c   Reitzle, Matthias ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c South 211 Henderson Building ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0013210779     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.1998.tb00724.x     Document Type: Review

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