The effects of message framing on college students' career decision making

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-316

  Tansley, Denny P ^a   Jome, Larae M ^a   Haase, Richard F ^a   Martens, Matthew P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Career behaviors; Career decision making; Career decision making self efficacy; Message framing; Social cognitive career theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547285897     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072707301204     Document Type: Article

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