Vocational interests and career goals: Development and relations to personality in middle adolescence

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-238

  Hirschi, Andreas ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescent career development; Career aspirations; Career goals; Developmental systems theory; Personality; Vocational interests

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954571938     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072710364789     Document Type: Article

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