The presence of and search for a calling: Connections to career development

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 590-601

  Duffy, Ryan D ^a   Sedlacek, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Calling; College students; Comfort; Decidedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248360772     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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