Career specialty preferences among psychology majors: Cognitive processing styles associated with scientist and practitioner interests

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 328-338

  Leong, Frederick T L ^a   Zachar, Peter ^b   Conant, Lisa ^c   Tolliver, Dwight ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 34547266689     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2007.tb00087.x     Document Type: Article

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