Values, motivations, and learning experiences of future professionals: Who wants to serve underserved populations?

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 688-694

  Krous, Tangala M D ^a,b   Nauta, Margaret M ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Healthy Families Arizona ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Career values; Learning experiences; Motivations; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344451688     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.36.6.688     Document Type: Article

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