Adapting the Career Development Inventory-Australia for cross-cultural research

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 276-288

  Hughes, Cathy ^a   Thomas, Trang ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Career development in adolescence; Career Development Inventory; Career maturity; Cross cultural studies; Culture; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750613751     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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