Relatedness between jobs and academic majors: Its relationship to academic involvement of college students

International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-122

  Huang, Ya Rong ^a  

^a TAINAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Academic involvement; Student employment; Types of jobs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547542452     PISSN: 18730388     EISSN: 15731782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10775-007-9119-3     Document Type: Article

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