Perceived barriers to career development in the context of social cognitive career theory

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-287

  Lindley, Lori D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career choice; Coping with barriers; Outcome expectations; Perceived barriers; Self efficacy; Social cognitive career theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645741629     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072705274953     Document Type: Article

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