Integrating the life and life-span: Formulating research questions with dual points of entry

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 398-406

  Shanahan, Michael J ^a   Porfelli, Erik ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036912382     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvbe.2002.1882     Document Type: Article

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