Vocational interest themes and personality traits in relation to college major satisfaction of business students

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-295

  Logue, Christen T ^a,d   Lounsbury, John W ^b   Gupta, Arpana ^b   Leong, Frederick T L ^c  

^a LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Counseling Center ^*

Author keywords

Big Five; Continuity principle; Holland model, major satisfaction, vocational interests; Narrow personality traits; Person environment fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846875234     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894845306297348     Document Type: Article

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