Modeling college women's perceptions of elite leadership positions with Social Cognitive Career Theory

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-38

  Yeagley, Emily E ^a   Subich, Linda M ^a   Tokar, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Social Cognitive Career Theory; Women's career development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955687658     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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