Effectiveness of career counseling and the impact of the working alliance

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-203

  Masdonati, Jonas ^a   Massoudi, Koorosh ^b   Rossier, Jérôme ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Career counseling outcomes and processes; Career decision difficulties; Satisfaction with life; Satisfaction with the intervention; Working alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450173273     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: 15560856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894845309340798     Document Type: Article

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