Planned happenstance: Constructing unexpected career opportunities

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-124

  Mitchell, Kathleen E ^a   Levin, Al S ^b   Krumboltz, John D ^c  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033416056     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1999.tb02431.x     Document Type: Article

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