Crystallizing enterprising interests among adolescents through a career development program: The role of personality and family background

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 494-509

  Schröder, Elke ^a   Schmitt Rodermund, Eva ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Career development program; Career exploration; Enterprising interests; Family background; Holland's E type; Patterns of enterprising interest development; Personality; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750806038     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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