Construct validity of career indecision: Negative personality traits as predictors of career indecision

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 315-329

  Leong, Frederick T L ^a   Chervinko, Stephanie ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Dental Medicine   (India)

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EID: 3042907533     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106907279600400306     Document Type: Article

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