A review of career interventions from an educational perspective: Have investigations shed any light?

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 227-239

  Prideaux, Lee Ann ^a   Creed, Peter A ^a   Muller, Juanita ^a   Patton, Wendy ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Career development; Career interventions; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034558134     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1421-0185.59.4.227     Document Type: Article

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