Effect of students' self-esteem on later employment status: Interactions of self-esteem with gender and race

Applied Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-198

  Dooley, David ^a   Prause, JoAnn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0040955206     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.1997.tb01223.x     Document Type: Article

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