Personality, vocational interests, and work values of medical students

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-200

  Duffy, Ryan D ^a   Borges, Nicole J ^b   Hartung, Paul J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interests; Medical students; Personality; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849343748     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072708329035     Document Type: Article

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