A cultural formulation approach to career assessment and career counseling with Asian American clients

Journal of Career Development

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 465-486

  Leong, Frederick T L ^a   Hardin, Erin E ^b   Gupta, Arpana ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Career assessment; Cross cultural multicultural career issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952488167     PISSN: 08948453     EISSN: 15560856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894845310363808     Document Type: Article

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