Psychometric properties of the Chinese Self-Directed Search (1994 edition)

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 560-576

  Yang, Weiwei ^a   Lance, Charles E ^a   Hui, Harry C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Measurement equivalence invariance; Psychometrics; Self Directed Search; Theory of careers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646556716     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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