A respectable job: Factors which influence young Asians' choice of career

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-79

  Lightbody, Pauline ^a   Nicholson, Stephen ^b   Siann, Gerda ^b   Walsh, Dave ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3042905667     PISSN: 03069885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03069889708253721     Document Type: Article

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