Assessing Role Model Influences on Students' Academic and Vocational Decisions

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-99

  Nauta, Margaret M ^a,b   Kokaly, Michelle L ^a,b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Career decision making; Interpersonal influences; Role models; Scale development; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035584989     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106907270100900106     Document Type: Article

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