Personality characteristics as predictors of personal indecisiveness

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 320-332

  Bacanli, Feride ^a,b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Association   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Career indecision; Personal indecisiveness; Personality characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646516007     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894845305282941     Document Type: Article

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