'Perhaps we're thinking there isn't a career out there for us': A study of undergraduates' attitudes to their future prospects

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 417-433

  Buckham, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032362734     PISSN: 03069885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03069889800760361     Document Type: Article

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