An exploration of african americans' interests and self-efficacy beliefs in traditional and nontraditional careers

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 888-904

  McCurtis Witherspoon, Karen ^a   Speight, Suzette L ^b  

^a CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American college students; Career patterns; Occupational interests; Self efficacy beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649540905     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934707305396     Document Type: Article

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