A content analysis of acculturation research in the career development literature

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 352-384

  Miller, Matthew J ^a   Kerlow Myers, Andrew E ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Career development; Culture; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849125368     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894845308327739     Document Type: Article

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