Verifying the efficacy of vocational guidance programs: Procedures, problems, and potential directions

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 348-357

  Perry, Justin C ^a   Dauwalder, Jean Pierre ^b   Bonnett, Heather R ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 68149164563     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2009.tb00121.x     Document Type: Article

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