A psychometric evaluation of the career decision self-efficacy scale-short form in Chinese high school students

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 142-155

  Hampton, Nan Zhang ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career decision self efficacy; Chinese high school students; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750602341     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894845306293540     Document Type: Article

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