Career "mist," "hope," and "drift": Conceptual framework for understanding career development in Japan

Career Development International

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-276

  Kato, Ichiro ^a   Suzuki, Ryuta ^b,c  

^a Kushiro Public University of Economics   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Career development; Japan

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744764285     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430610661777     Document Type: Review

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