Contextual supports and barriers to career choice: A social cognitive analysis

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-49

  Lent, Robert W ^a   Brown, Steven D ^b   Hackett, Gail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0034066238     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.47.1.36     Document Type: Review

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