Prospective first-generation college students: A social-cognitive perspective

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-208

  Gibbons, Melinda M ^b   Borders, L Dianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 77950418240     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2010.tb00186.x     Document Type: Article

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