The fit of Holland's RIASEC model to US occupations

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-22

  Deng, Chi Ping ^a   Armstrong, Patrick Ian ^b   Rounds, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupational interests; Occupational prestige; RIASEC model; Sex type; Structural validity of interest measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447100269     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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