Temperament and Vocational Preferences: Age, Gender, and Racial-Ethnic Comparisons Using the Student Styles Questionnaire

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 297-314

  Oakland, Thomas ^a   Stafford, Mary E ^b   Norton, Connie B ^c   Glutting, Joseph J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning styles; Student Styles Questionnaire; Temperament; Vocational preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035610229     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106907270100900306     Document Type: Article

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