Social cognitive career theory and the prediction of interests and choice goals in the computing disciplines

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-62

  Lent, Robert W ^a   Lopez Jr , Antonio M ^b   Lopez, Frederick G ^c   Sheu, Hung Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice model; Computing students; Social cognitive career theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749110783     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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