Assessing the effects of career counseling: The influence of working alliance and individual characteristics;Évaluation des effets du counseling d'orientation : influence de l'alliance de travail et des caractéristiques individuelles

Pratiques Psychologiques

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-136

  Massoudi, K ^a   Masdonati, J ^a,b   Clot Siegrist, E ^a   Franz, S ^a   Rossier, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Institut Fédéral des Hautes Études en Formation Professionnelle   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Career counseling; Career decision difficulties; Personality; Satisfaction; Working alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149104105     PISSN: 12691763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prps.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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