College students' perceptions of calling in work and life: A qualitative analysis

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-186

  Hunter, Isaac ^a   Dik, Bryan J ^a   Banning, James H ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Calling; Ethnographic content analysis; Qualitative document analysis; Vocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649271594     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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