Vocational confidence and personality in the prediction of occupational group membership

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-55

  Betz, Nancy E ^a   Borgen, Fred H ^b   Harmon, Lenore W ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five personality; Career self efficacy; Holland's theory; Personality; Vocational interests

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645743009     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072705282434     Document Type: Article

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