First-generation African American male college students: Implications for career counselors

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 291-300

  Owens, Delila ^a   Lacey, Krim ^b   Rawls, Glinda ^c   Holbert Quince, JoAnne ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954149674     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2010.tb00179.x     Document Type: Article

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