The structure of vocational interests in Germany: Different methodologies, different conclusions

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-169

  Nagy, Gabriel ^a   Trautwein, Ulrich ^a   Lüdtke, Oliver ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circumplex structure; Confirmatory factor analysis; Randomization test of hypothesized order relations; RIASEC; Vocational interests

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649258856     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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