The validation of the career decision-making difficulties scale in a Chinese culture

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 114-127

  Tien, Hsiu Lan Shelley ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Career decision making; Career difficulties; Career problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 30644470037     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072704270327     Document Type: Article

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