The Career Assessment Diagnostic Inventory: A New Career Indecision Assessment Tool

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-202

  Vidal Brown, Sherry A ^a   Thompson, Bruce ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Career assessment; Career choice; Career counseling; Career decision making; Career indecision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035611542     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106907270100900206     Document Type: Article

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