Vocational preference and P-O fit: Reflections on Holland's theory of vocational choice

Applied Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-29

  Furnham, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0039330613     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1464-0597.00046     Document Type: Article

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