Coincidence, happenstance, serendipity, fate, or the hand of god: Case studies in synchronicity

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 195-208

  Guindon, Mary H ^a   Hanna, Fred J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039739943     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2002.tb00894.x     Document Type: Article

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