The career decision-making process of Chinese American youth

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 440-449

  Okubo, Yuki ^a,c,d   Yeh, Christine J ^a,c   Lin, Pei Ying ^b   Fujita, Kotoko ^c   Shea, Mun Yi ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

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EID: 35348997940     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00612.x     Document Type: Article

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