The relationship between career maturity and work commitment in a sample of Australian high school students

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 69-85

  Patton, Wendy ^a   Creed, Peter A ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career maturity; High school students; Work commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036368995     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019981502852     Document Type: Article

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