Career development and counselling for women: Connecting theories to practice

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-204

  Coogan, Pauline A ^a   Chen, Charles P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Career development theories; Counselling interventions; Employment inequities; Gender role orientation; Sociocultural barriers; Women's career development

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347253560     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: 14693674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515070701391171     Document Type: Article

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