A grounded analysis of career uncertainty perceived by college students in Taiwan

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 162-174

  Tien, Hsiu Lan Shelley ^a   Lin, Chia Huei ^a   Chen, Shu Chi ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

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EID: 30644480219     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2005.tb00148.x     Document Type: Review

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