Vocational preferences and college expectations: An extension of Holland's principle of self-selection

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 591-612

  Pike, Gary R ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic majors; Holland's theory; Student expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646474846     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-005-9008-x     Document Type: Article

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