Construct validity and predictive validity of the career planning inventory

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 385-404

  Westbrook, Bert ^a   Sloan, Stephanie ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Assessment; Career; College; Education; Evaluation; Grade point average; Graduation; High school; Minorities; Postsecondary education; School counselor; Students; Vocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745657260     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072706286506     Document Type: Review

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