Incremental validity of the Myers-Briggs type indicator in predicting academic major selection of undecided university students

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 441-455

  Pulver, Chad A ^a,c   Kelly, Kevin R ^b  

^a St Joseph's College

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Saint Josephs College   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic major selection; Incremental validity of Myers Briggs type indicator; Undecided students

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949101042     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072708318902     Document Type: Article

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