Role models in career development: New directions for theory and research

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 134-156

  Gibson, Donald E ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers; Cognition; Developmental relationships; Mentoring; Modeling; Role model

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142659537     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-8791(03)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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