The effectiveness of a career decision-making course

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 338-347

  Fouad, Nadya ^a   Cotter, Elizabeth W ^a   Kantamneni, Neeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Career barriers; Career decision making; Career interventions; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349336985     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072708330678     Document Type: Article

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