Cross-Cultural Validation of Holland's Theory in Singapore: Beyond Structural Validity of RIASEC

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-133

  Soh, Star ^a,b   Leong, Frederick T L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ministry of Defence Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cross cultural validity; Equivalence of meaning; Holland's vocational interest theory; Singapore; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035616499     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106907270100900202     Document Type: Article

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