Do modes of thinking predict career interest types among Chinese university students?

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-127

  Zhang, Li fang ^a   Fan, Weiqiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Career interest types; Modes of thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648929459     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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