Testing social cognitive interest and choice hypotheses across Holland types in Italian high school students

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-118

  Lent, Robert W ^a   Brown, Steven D ^b   Nota, Laura ^c   Soresi, Salvatore ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 0037318591     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-8791(02)00057-X     Document Type: Article

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