Advancing the assessment of women's career choices: The career aspiration scale

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-337

  Gray, Michael P ^a   O'Brien, Karen M ^b  

^a Intercommunity Action Inc ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Career aspiration; Career assessment; Women's career development; Women's career goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547260521     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072707301211     Document Type: Article

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