Increasing career self-efficacy for women: Evaluating a group intervention

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-62

  Sullivan, Kate Roy ^a   Mahalik, James R ^b  

^a Boston Road Clinic ^*  (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0034399746     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2000.tb02560.x     Document Type: Article

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