Social cognitive influences on Mexican Americans' career choices across Holland's themes

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 198-210

  Flores, Lisa Y ^a   Robitschek, Chris ^b   Celebi, Elif ^a   Andersen, Christie ^a   Hoang, Uyen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Career choices; Career development; Career interests; Holland theory; Latino a; Self efficacy; Social cognitive career theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649274013     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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