Career interests, self-efficacy, and personality as antecedents of career exploration

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-180

  Nauta, Margaret M ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career exploration; Career interests; College student career development; Personality; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247248294     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072706298018     Document Type: Article

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